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Article: Charles V celebrations.(festivities in Ghent, Belgium, will mark the 500 anniversary of the birth of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V)(Brief Article)
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- November 1, 1999
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The future Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (1500-1558) was born in Ghent. At the age of six he inherited the Netherlands, and ten years later he also became ruler of Spain, Naples, Sardinia, and Spanish territories in Africa and North America. By the age of nineteen he had added the Hapsburg lands to his domain, and in 1520 he was crowned emperor in Aachen. His thirty-five-year reign coincided with the transition of the lands under his control from the late Middle Ages to the modern age. Among those active during this time were Nicolaus Copernicus, Martin Luther, Gerardus Mercator, Desiderius Erasmus, and Albrecht Durer. Charles's reign was marked by many attempts to contain ...