When1: 1519
When2: 1554
Who: Charles V
What: emperor
Where: Germany/Austria
Detail: He lived 1500 to 1558. As Archduke of Austria and king of Spain, nobles elected him Holy Roman Emperor [1519]. Hapsburg Dynasty of Holy Roman Empire included Spain, Latin America, Naples, Sicily, Low Countries, and Austria. He defeated the peasants in Peasants' War [1524 to 1526] and in other uprisings.
This preserved feudalism [until 1806].
He had to give power to German princes. He abdicated in favor of his brothers and son [1554] to become Charles I of Spain [until 1556]. As Holy Roman Empire emperor and Austria king, he added territory in Flanders and Holland [1490]. He took Rome and captured Pope Clement VII [1527].
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