Carlos V and Felipe II
Carlos V
Felipe II
The begining of his reign
The wars of Carlos V
Against the Ottoman Empire
Against the German Protestant princes
Against France
the king of France, Francis I, waged several wars against the Emperor
This kingdom was surrounded by Carlos V's territories
The sultan Suleiman the Magnificent began to expand his empire
In 1529
Suleiman attacked Vienna but the city resisted
Between 1546-1547
In 1555
The Emperor fought the Protestant princes in the Schmalkaldic War, and defeated them in Mülberg
Carlos V signed the Peace of Augsburg
In 1520
In 1521
In 1517
Between 1519-1523
In 1500
This is where he lived until he went to Castilla
Carlos was born in the Flemish city of Ghent
Revolt of the Comuneros, in which the lower nobility and bourgeoisie in some cities rose up against the government
The king's representatives and the high nobility who supported him defeated the comuneros' at the Battle of Villalar
the bourgeoisie and peasants rose up against the nobility in Valencia and Mallorca, in the Revolt of the Brotherhoods
A global empire
Domestic problems
Carlos V divided up the territories he inherited due to the difficulties he experienced in controlling them
Ferdinand
Felipe II
He receive Australia and the Imperial Crown
The Crown of Aragón and his Italian territories
The Low Countries and Franche-Comté
Castilla and his territories in the Americas
In 1580
The king of Portugal died and he receive his territories
Carlos V had left the Crown in financial ruin, and Felipe II had to declare the Crown bankrupt
The discovery of new silver and gold mines in the Americas
Antonio Pérez, was accused of an assassination in Castilla he was able to take refuge in Aragón, exercising his rights under the laws of this kingdom
In the Revolt of 1568
They maintained their own institutions and specific laws, that were the fueros
The policy of imposing Catholicism and discriminating against the religious minorities caused the Moriscos