CARLOS V
Carlos I, Juana’s eldest son, inherited a vast patrimony. This was ruled by his grandfather Ferdinand ‘the Catholic’ and Cardinal Cisneros until his arrival in Spain
The beginning of his reingn
Carlos was born in Ghent in 1500
This is where he lived until he went to Castilla in 1517, so he did not speak Spanish
The nobles think that they would lose their power and that Castilla's riches would be assigned to other territories
Carlos used the taxes collected to finance his appointment as Holy Roman Emperor
Revolts
Revolt of the Comuneros in 1520
The high nobility who supported Carlos V defeated the comuneros' at the Battle of Villalar (1521)
Revolt of the Brotherhoods (1519-1523)
The bourgeoisie and peasants rose up against the nobility in Valencia and Mallorca
The wars of Carlos V
Against France
This kingdom was surrounded by Carlos V's territories
The king of France, Francis I, waged several wars against the Emperor
In the first one, the French king was defeated at the Battle of Pavia (1525) and Carlos conquered the Duchy of Milan
Francis I made alliances (with the Pope, the Italian states, the Ottoman Empire and the Protestant princes)
Against the Ottoman Empire
The sultan Suleiman the Magnificent began to expand his empire
In 1529 he attacked Vienna
The Ottoman Empire had converted the Berber states in northern Africa into vassals
The Turk Barbarossa controlled the Mediterranean Sea
Against the German Protestant princes
The Emperor fought the Protestant princes in the Schmalkaldic War (1546-1547) and defeated them in Mülberg
Carlos V signed the Peace of Augsburg in 1555