Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . oon to be duke of Brabant, margrave of Antwerp,count of Holland, archduke of Austria, count of Tyrol, kingof Castile, Aragon, and Naples, and of the vast Spanishpossessions in America — to mention a few of his moreimportant titles. 1 See above, pp. 1S9-190. 2 Austria Burgundy Castile Aragon Naples, etc. (America)Maximilian I = Mary (d. 1482), Isabella = Ferdinand (d. 1516) (d. 1519) I dau. of Charles (d. 1504) 1 I the Bold (d. 1477) | Philip (d. 1506) Joan
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . oon to be duke of Brabant, margrave of Antwerp,count of Holland, archduke of Austria, count of Tyrol, kingof Castile, Aragon, and Naples, and of the vast Spanishpossessions in America — to mention a few of his moreimportant titles. 1 See above, pp. 1S9-190. 2 Austria Burgundy Castile Aragon Naples, etc. (America)Maximilian I = Mary (d. 1482), Isabella = Ferdinand (d. 1516) (d. 1519) I dau. of Charles (d. 1504) 1 I the Bold (d. 1477) | Philip (d. 1506) Joanna the Insane (d. 1555) Charles V (d. 1558) Ferdinand (d. 1564) = Anna, heiress to kingdoms Emperor, 1519-1556 Emperor, 1556-1564 of Bohemia and Hungary 3 Naples and Sicily were in the hands of the king of Aiagon at this time(p. 165). Emperor Charles V and his ]\xst Realms 273 Ferdinand died in 1516, and Cliarles, now a lad of sixteen, Charles andwho had been born and reared in the Netherlands, was much posfeSnsbewildered when he first landed in his Spanish dominions. TheBurgundian advisers whom he brought with him were distasteful. Fig. 74. Charles V at. the Age of 48, by Titian to the haughty. Spaniards, to whom, of course, they were for-eigners; suspicion and opposition awaited him in each of hisseveral Spanish kingdoms, for he found by no means a unitedSpain. Each kingdom demanded special recognition of its rightsand proposed important reforms before it would acknowledgeCharles as its king. 274 Medieval and Modem Times Charleselected em-peror, 1519 It seemed as if the boy *ould have his hands full in assert-ing his authority as the first king of Spain ; nevertheless, astill more imposing title and still more perplexing responsibilitieswere to fall upon his shoulders before he was twenty years had long been Maximilians ambition that his grandsonshould succeed him upon the imperial throne. After his death,in 1519, the electors finally chose Charles as emperor — the
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