# Charles V - Lord of the Netherlands; Holy Roman Emperor; King of Spain

URL: https://allhistories.com/netherlands/rulers/charles-v
Reign: 1506 - 1555
Born-Died: 1500 - 1558
Dynasty: House of Habsburg
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Charles V, born in Ghent, united the Seventeen Provinces by acquiring Friesland, Utrecht, Overijssel, Groningen and Guelders, and by the Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 made them an indivisible whole. He persecuted Protestants and abdicated in Brussels in 1555.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Philip the Handsome](https://allhistories.com/netherlands/rulers/philip-the-handsome)
- Next in list: [Philip II](https://allhistories.com/netherlands/rulers/philip-ii)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1506 - [Charles V inherits the Netherlands](https://allhistories.com/netherlands/timeline/1506-charles-v-inherits-the-netherlands)
- 1511 - [The Praise of Folly](https://allhistories.com/netherlands/timeline/1511-the-praise-of-folly)
- 1515 - [Grutte Pier](https://allhistories.com/netherlands/timeline/1515-grutte-pier)
- 1522 - [Pope Adrian VI](https://allhistories.com/netherlands/timeline/1522-pope-adrian-vi)
- 1523 - [The first Lutheran martyrs](https://allhistories.com/netherlands/timeline/1523-the-first-lutheran-martyrs)
- 1528 - [Charles V gathers the north](https://allhistories.com/netherlands/timeline/1528-charles-v-gathers-the-north)
- 1528 - [Maarten van Rossum raids The Hague](https://allhistories.com/netherlands/timeline/1528-maarten-van-rossum-raids-the-hague)
- 1535 - [The Anabaptists in Amsterdam](https://allhistories.com/netherlands/timeline/1535-the-anabaptists-in-amsterdam)
- 1536 - [Menno Simons](https://allhistories.com/netherlands/timeline/1536-menno-simons)
- 1543 - [The Treaty of Venlo](https://allhistories.com/netherlands/timeline/1543-the-treaty-of-venlo)
- 1549 - [The Pragmatic Sanction](https://allhistories.com/netherlands/timeline/1549-the-pragmatic-sanction)
- 1550 - [The Edict of Blood](https://allhistories.com/netherlands/timeline/1550-the-edict-of-blood)
- 1555 - [Charles V abdicates](https://allhistories.com/netherlands/timeline/1555-charles-v-abdicates)