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Election of Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor

Meeting in Frankfurt, the prince-electors chose the 19-year-old King Charles I of Spain, a Habsburg, as Holy Roman Emperor under the name Charles V.

Date
28 June 1519exact dateDate in the Julian calendar
Place
Frankfurt am Maintoday: Frankfurt am Main, Germany · Western and Central Europe
Participants
Charles V, Francis I of France, Holy Roman Empire
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Charles’s main rival was King Francis I of France, and both sides spent lavishly on bribing the electors. Now united under Charles’s rule were the Austrian lands of the Habsburgs, the Burgundian inheritance in the Netherlands, and Spain with its overseas possessions; the rivalry with France continued in the Italian Wars. Charles himself was in Spain at the time of the election.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): 1519 imperial election
  2. Wikipedia (Russian): Карл V (император Священной Римской империи)
  3. Brandi K. Kaiser Karl V.: Werden und Schicksal einer Persönlichkeit und eines Weltreiches. — München: Bruckmann, 1937.
  4. Wikidata: Q48841685