Charles V (the Holy Roman Empire), Spanish King title: Carlos I; Holy Roman Empire Emperor title: Carlos V; formerly known as Charles of Austria (24 February 1500 ¨C 21 September 1558), was King of Spain (1516¨C1556), Holy Roman Emperor (1519¨C1556), King of Sicily (called Carlos I, 1516¨C1556), King of Naples (called Carlos IV, 1516¨C1556), the supreme monarch of the lower nations.

After being elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of Germany at the age of 15, he showed himself as an ambitious man. In order to seize the rule of the Italian Peninsula, from 1521 to 1544, he fought four consecutive warfare wars. Then he fought with the Eastern Turkish emperor Suleiman the Great in an attempt to seize North Africa; in addition, he continuously engaged in the conquest of the American continent. His soldiers were filled with bloody looting and murder, four times the war of the native Italy suffered devastating lootings, and for 150 years he tried to be in a dark period. The conquest of Central and South America was even more cruel, where he vigorously pursued the savage and cruel feudalism of the continent. In the mid-16th century, the

After the failure of a final effort to defeat Protestant forces in 1555, Charles V began to break away from political life. He passed his personal empire, Spain and the Low Countries, to his son Philip II; He passed the Holy Roman Empire to his younger brother Ferdinand I (relinquished the throne of the Netherlands to Philip on October 25, 1555; relinquished the throne of Spain to Philip on January 16, 1556; relinquished the throne of Emperor to Ferdinand on September 12, 1556). Died 21 September 1558.