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Inspired by Susanos comment in this thread.

Seeing that the HR Emperor title was not hereditary it did not come automatically with those territories. De facto it did, yes, but Charles himself tried (and failed when Ferdinand became his sucessor as Emperor) to unite the titles of Spanish King and HR Emperor.

Sure, Austria and Burgundy were the corelands, but Spain were the more profitable and powerful lands, even before colonsiation of the Americas.

So Philip II of Spain becomes Holy Roman Emperor, but Ferdinand I still get Austria and kep Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia
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