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Election of Charles V
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Election of Charles V
Maximilian would assign his estranged wife Bianca Maria Sforza to the Netherlands to be the regent there instead, she experienced many miscarriages and he seen that it would do best for her to stay in the Netherlands, later in the majority of Archduke Ferdinand, he would replace his own stepgrandmother as the regent of the Netherlands, she would retire in a nunnery in Brussels afterwards the death of her husband, outliving him.
After the death of his paternal grandfather, Maximilian, in 1519, Charles inherited the Habsburg Monarchy. He was also the natural candidate of the electors to succeed his grandfather as Holy Roman Emperor, the marriage between Frederick III of Saxony and Archduchess Margaret would be a great factor for the solid support for Charles V and his smooth succession of Charles V, since the other germans want Charles V not Francis I or Henry VIII, although the Bavarians and Saxons have rivalry against the Austrians, they set aside their difference in this time.
He completely defeated the candidacies of Francis I of France, and Henry VIII of England. The electors gave Charles the crown on June 28 1519. On 26 October 1520 he was crowned in Germany and some ten years later, on February 22, 1530, he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Clement VII in Bologna.
Election of Charles V
Maximilian would assign his estranged wife Bianca Maria Sforza to the Netherlands to be the regent there instead, she experienced many miscarriages and he seen that it would do best for her to stay in the Netherlands, later in the majority of Archduke Ferdinand, he would replace his own stepgrandmother as the regent of the Netherlands, she would retire in a nunnery in Brussels afterwards the death of her husband, outliving him.
After the death of his paternal grandfather, Maximilian, in 1519, Charles inherited the Habsburg Monarchy. He was also the natural candidate of the electors to succeed his grandfather as Holy Roman Emperor, the marriage between Frederick III of Saxony and Archduchess Margaret would be a great factor for the solid support for Charles V and his smooth succession of Charles V, since the other germans want Charles V not Francis I or Henry VIII, although the Bavarians and Saxons have rivalry against the Austrians, they set aside their difference in this time.
He completely defeated the candidacies of Francis I of France, and Henry VIII of England. The electors gave Charles the crown on June 28 1519. On 26 October 1520 he was crowned in Germany and some ten years later, on February 22, 1530, he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Clement VII in Bologna.
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