Charles V of Spain Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor^[1]

1500 - 1558  (58 years)

• Name	Charles V of Spain Habsburg
  Suffix	Holy Roman Emperor
  Birth	1500	Ghent, Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1519
  Death	1558
  Notes	King of Spain 1516-1556. King of Low countries 1506-1555, abdicated. Retired to a villa next to the monastry at Yuste in Spain. He spent his last years there worshipping God, eating heavily, listening to music, and dismantling and assembling mechanical clocks. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal00871 He was the son of «u»Philip the Handsome <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_the_Handsome>«/u» and «u»Joanna the Mad of Castile <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juana_of_Castile>«/u». His maternal grandparents were «u»Ferdinand II of Aragon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon>«/u» and «u»Isabella I of Castile <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_I_of_Castile>«/u», whose marriage had first united their territories into what is now modern Spain. His paternal grandparents were «u»Emperor Maximilian I <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_I%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor>«/u» and «u»Mary of Burgundy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Burgundy>«/u». His aunt was «u»Catherine of Aragon <«/u»Catherine of Aragon «u»>«/u», Queen of England and first wife of Henry VIII, his cousin was «u»Mary I of England <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_I_of_England>«/u» who married his son Philip.
  Person ID	I15861	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2007

  
  

  Father	Philip I the Handsome Habsburg, King of Castile,   b. 22 Jul 1478, Bruges, Flanders d. 25 Sep 1506, Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain (Age 28 years)
  Mother	Joanna the Mad (Juana), Queen of Castile,   b. 6 Nov 1479, Toledo d. 11 Apr 1555, Tordesillas (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	21 Aug 1496	Lille, France
  Family ID	F7592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Isabella of Portugal,   b. 4 Oct 1503, Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves d. 1 May 1539, Toledo (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	11 Mar 1526	Seville, Spain
  Children	1. Philip II of Spain Habsburg, King of Spain,   b. 21 May 1527, Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain d. 13 Sep 1598, El Escorial Palace, Madrid, Spain (Age 71 years)   2. Mary Habsburg   d. 1603   3. Juana (Joanna) Habsburg,   b. 27 Jun 1537, Madrid, Spain d. 7 Sep 1573, Escorial (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F7595	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Johanna Maria van der Gheynst,   b. c .?1500   d. 15 Dec 1541 (Age ~ 41 years)
  Marriage	Type: Associated with
  _STAT	Associated with
  Children	1. Margaret of Parma, Duchess consort of Florence,   b. 28 Dec 1522   d. 18 Jan 1586 (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F5286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2012

  
  

• Photos

  Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Holy Roman Emperor; King of Spain, Naples and Sicily, others

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).