In five pages the monarch who was also known as Charles I of Spain is discussed with the Spanish conquest that occurred during the time of his reign also examined. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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expansive empires in European history. During his reign he was also Charles I of Spain and King of Franche-Comte and the Netherlands. During his lifetime he fought for the maintenance
of the Catholic religion against the increasing influences of the Protestant religion and the followers of Martin Luther and the ongoing boundary dispute with the French and the Turks. A
man of compassion, Charles and his brother Ferdinand signed many treaties to continue peace on the continent. The ongoing success of the Spanish conquests of the Americas and the Indies
continued during the reign of Charles and his sympathies toward the treatment of the native Indians led him to pass the New Laws of the Indies in 1542 which outlawed
the enslavement of the Indians by the settlers. Charles eventually retired his lands and throne to his son Philip II and his brother Ferdinand I and lived in a monastery
in Spain until his death in September 1558. Charles V, known as the Holy Roman Emperor through birth and circumstance became one of
the molding and uniting powers of 16th century Europe as he eventually became King of Franche-Comte and the Netherlands (1506-1555), King Charles I of Spain (1516-1556) and King Charles V,
the Holy Roman Emperor from 1519-1558. He was born to King Philip I of Castile in February 1500 and although he was born in Ghent, Belgium, his heritage was mainly
from the Spanish royal line as he was the paternal grandson of the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor and maternal grandson of Ferdinand V and Isabella of Castile. He was also
the great-grandson of Charles the Bold of Burgundy (Scahill, 2002; KFKI, 2002). When Charles was six years old he inherited his fathers kingdom when his father died leaving him and