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CARLOS V - Coggle Diagram
CARLOS V
THE BEGINNING OF HIS REIGN
In 1500
Carlos was born in the Flemish city of Ghent
Until he went to Castilla in 1517 (he didn't speak Spanish)
Castilian nobility
Was upset
They viewed the monarch as a foreigner
They feared that they would lose power
Thought that Castilla's riches
Would be assigned to other territories
Castilla
Experienced an economic crisis
Carlos used the taxes collected to
Finance his appointment as Holy Roman Emperor
1520
Revolt of the Comuneros
was provoced
Lower nobility & bourgeoisie rose up against
The government in some cities
1521
Battle of Villalar
The king's representatives & the high nobility who
Supported him defeated the
comuneros
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Most important leaders of the comuneros were excuted
Juan Bravo
Juan de Padilla
Francisco Maldonado
1519-1523
Revolt of the Brotherhoods
The bourgeoisie & peasants rose up
Against the nobility in Valencia and Mallorca
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The
agermanados
Groups of humble citizens who
Had been allowed to arm themselves to defend
Their coastal cities against pirate attacks
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Tired of the abuses of the nobility
They organised an armed revolt to improve
Their economic conditions & attain political rights
The king supported nobility so the uprising was suppressed
The monarchy became more powerful
When Isabella died
Her daughter Juana ascended the throne of Castilla
She was married to Felipe I and when he died
Juana was declared unfit to govern
Due to an alleged mental illness
Juana's eldest son Carlos I
Inherited vast territories
It was ruled by his grandfather Ferdinand & Cardinal Cisneros
THE WARS OF CARLOS V
Against France
The kingdom was surrounded by his territories
Francis I (King of France) waged wars against Carlos V
1525
Battle of Pavia
French king was defeated
Carlos conquered the Duchy of Milan
At the following wars
Francis I made alliances
With the Pope, Italian states, Ottoman Empire & Protestant princes
To weaken the power of the Emperor
Against the Ottoman Empire
Sultan Suleiman "the Magnificent" expand his empire
1529
He attacked Vienna but it resisted
They converted the Berber states into vassals
The Turk
Barbarossa
controlled
(Western Mediterranean) from Algiers
1535
The Emperor's troops conquered Tunisia
1541
Emperor's troops failed to take Algiers
Christian fleet was defeated
Ottomans maintained control of the Mediterranean Sea
Against the German Protestant princes
1546-1547
Schmalkaldic War
The Emperor fought the Protestant princes
He defeated them in Mülberg
1552
Hostilities resumed
1555
Peace of Augsburg
Was signed by Carlos V
