Make Emperor Charles V MORE Universal (give him France England Poland Portugual etc)

So, how could we make Charles V, the universal emperor, even MORE universal. The goal here is to let him, or his descendants, get control of most of Europe and keep it under one monarch.

My guess here is beating off the Reformation with a big stick, so that the Hapsburgs can continue to do what they did best...marry.:p

Any thoughts?
 
If his father successfully marries and maintains his marriage to Anne of Brittany and they don't have children Charles V could inherit Brittany.
 
If the Reformation is more muted, we could see Charles V managing to hold on to more of North Africa than he managed to do so in OTL. Possibly he could grab a few Portuguese colonies too? If he marries Mary Tudor in a "no break with Rome" scenario, we get England in the bag too.
 
Charles converts to Islam and marries into the House of Osman. The combined territories of the Middle East, North Africa, the Balkans, Germany and Spain unite to crush the rest of Europe.
 
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