Charles V

Timeline

1. 1511–1514Mechelen · NetherlandsReceived a humanist education at the court of Mechelen under the guardianship of his aunt Margaret and Flemish nobles such as Chièvres, learning French, Spanish, and the etiquette of statecraft to prepare for ruling a diverse empire.
2. 1515–1516Brussels · Burgundian NetherlandsIn 1515 he inherited the Duchy of Burgundy and the Netherlands; after his grandfather Ferdinand died in 1516 he traveled to Spain to inherit the crowns of Castile and Aragon as Charles I, marking the initial formation of the Habsburg global empire.
3. 1519–1520Aachen · RhinelandAfter his grandfather Maximilian I died, he was elected Holy Roman Emperor in June 1519 and crowned Charles V at Aachen in 1520, simultaneously ruling Spain, the Netherlands, and the Austrian hereditary lands, becoming the most powerful monarch in Europe at the time.