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Charles Foreign Policy (Conflict with Islam (Successes (Charles personally…
Charles Foreign Policy
Conflict with Islam
Successes
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Charles organised an expedition against Tunis in 1535- successful- captured Fortress of La Goleta and city of Tunis- most of Turkish fleet captured
1532- Charles joined forces with brother Ferdinand marching east to retrieve Vienna which was being besieged by Turks- Turks withdrew and peace was made
Failures
1529- Barbossa drove off Spanish forces who garrisoned Penon de Velez and raided the Valencian coast defeating a small Spanish naval force
Turks took Tripoli, Penon and Bougie by 1555- by end of reign Spain just left with a few areas
Suleiman's land armies defeated and killed King of Hungary in 1526- Battle of Mohacs- brought Turks to edge of Holy Roman Empire and threatened Vienna
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The Netherlands
Success
Charles' aunt and sister looked after Netherlands in his absence and their shrewd and careful stewardship kept the provinces stable and essentially loyal
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Failure
Charles absences and growing burden of taxation levied upon the nation to finance largely irrelevant wars lead to riots in 1525 and 1532
Charles experiments with greater centralisation of the Netherlands' government in Brussels aroused opposition
Italian Wars
Successes
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1525- Battle of Pavia- Charles victory and defeat of French outside Milan- captured Francis I who was held hostage eventually agreeing to Treaty of Madrid promising to cede Burgundy to Charles and renounced claims in Italy and Netherlands
1529- Charles defeated France at Landriano- helped by defection of pope to Charles side and Genoese fleet
Failures
1524- France retook Milan and new pope Clement VII abandoned Charles' side and formed an alliance with France
1527- Francis I broke treaty and formed League of Cognac against Spain- allied with England, pope and Italian princes
1553- Habsburg forces driven out of Germany and towns of Metz, Toul and Verdun fallen to France
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