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Wikipedia: Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1506 until his abdication in 1556. On the eve of his death in 1556, his realm, which has been described as one in which the sun never sets, spanned almost 4 million square kilometers. As the heir of three of Europe's leading dynasties – the Habsburgs of the Archduchy of Austria, the Valois of the Duchy of Burgundy and the Trastamara of the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon – he ruled over extensive domains in Central, Western, and Southern Europe, as well as the various Castilian (Spanish) colonies in the Americas.
![[Attempts at forming a Habsburg]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Habsburg_Persian_alliance_s.jpg "Attempts at forming a Habsburg")
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![[Medal of Charles Quint, in which his jaw deformity clearly appears.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Medal_of_Charles_Quint_s.jpg "Medal of Charles Quint, in which his jaw deformity clearly appears.")
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![[Habsburg possessions in 1547]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Habsburg_Map_1547_s.jpg "Habsburg possessions in 1547")
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![[Plus Oultre, Charles' personal motto on the gable of a Flemish house in Ghent, Charles V's birthplace]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PlusOultre_Gent_Copyright200406KaihsuTai_s.jpg "Plus Oultre, Charles' personal motto on the gable of a Flemish house in Ghent, Charles V's birthplace")
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![[Joanna with two of her children (one of them being Charles V)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Joanna_of_castile_with_her_children_s.jpg "Joanna with two of her children (one of them being Charles V)")
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![[Henry VIII (left) with Charles V (right) and Pope Leo X (center), circa 1520.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Henry_VIII_with_Charles_Quint_and_Pope_Leon_X_circa_1520_s.jpg "Henry VIII (left) with Charles V (right) and Pope Leo X (center), circa 1520.")
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![[Western Europe in 1525, after the Battle of Pavia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Western_Europe_in_the_Time_of_Charles_V_281525_29_s.jpg "Western Europe in 1525, after the Battle of Pavia")
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![[Posthumous Portrait of Charles V on Horseback by Anthony van Dyck.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Anthony_van_Dyck_Portrait_of_Charles_V_on_Horseback_s.jpg "Posthumous Portrait of Charles V on Horseback by Anthony van Dyck.")
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