Charles V

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Charles V was born in Ghent, Belgium in 1500. He was exposed to some very important people, a future Prime Minister and a Pope, during the years of his youth. These people helped shaped him to be the leader he would one day become. Charles was fluent in several languages including Flemish, French, and Spanish. As a youth he was betrothed to both daughters of the King of France. He never married either of them because both girls died during childhood.

Emperor Charles V and Territories

After his father's death, Charles inherited the territories that belonged to his father which were German lands and included the Holy Roman Empire. Charles was able to extend his land territories over the next few years to include:

• Flanders
• Tournai
• Artois
• Utrecht
• Groningen
• Gueiders.

In 1516, Charles was named king of Castile and Aragon and he reigned alongside his mother who had inherited the kingdom after her father's death. During his reign, Charles had to learn to speak Castilian, could not remove any precious metals from the country, was not allowed to appoint foreigners to any position in the kingdom, and must respect his mother's rights in order to hold political negotiations.

Emperor Charles V and Christianity

Charles felt it was his mission to spread Christianity across the world and squelch the spread of Islam. He was pleased with the exploration of conquistadors in America like Pizarro and Cortes because they conquered other native groups and returned with bullion, which gave Charles V more wealth.

After the death of his grandfather, Maximilian, he became a candidate for the position of Holy Roman Emperor. He won the position, and was crowned Emperor in 1530.