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When was he born?
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24 February 1500
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Who was his father?
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Philip, the handsome
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Who was his mother?
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Joanna of Castille
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Who was his paternal grand-father?
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Maximilian I, H.R.E
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Who was his paternal grand-mother?
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Mary, Duchess of Burgundy
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Who was his maternal grand-father?
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Ferdinand II, King of Aragon
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Who was his maternal grand-mother?
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Isabella I, Queen of Castille
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Where was he born?
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Ghent, Flanders, Burgundy
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What famous house was he born into?
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House of Habsburg
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Who was his god-mother and was his ward until her death, in 1503?
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Margaret of York
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When did he inherit Burgundian Flanders?
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25 September 1506 (death of his father)
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When did he become King of Castille and Co-King of Aragon (with his incapable mother)?
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23 January 1516 (death of his maternal-grandfather)
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When did he become King of Germany and Archduke of Austria?
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12 January 1519 (death of his paternal-grandfather)
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When was he elected Holy Roman Emperor?
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28 June 1519
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Who was Charles' main competitor in this election?
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Francis I, King of France
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Who was also a candidate in this election?
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Henry VIII, King of England
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What Diet did he host in 1521, that declared Martin Luther an outlaw?
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Diet of Worms (1521)
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What treaty was signed in secret between Charles V and Henry VIII of England, that formed an alliance between the two against France?
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Treaty of Bruges
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What battle against the French, in 1525, resulted in the capture of Francis I, failed Treaty of Madrid and negotiations for a Franco-Ottoman alliance?
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Battle of Pavia
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What future monarch was he betrothed to before marrying his wife?
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Mary Tudor (Mary I, Queen of England)
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Who did he marry in 1525, she became regent of Spain during her husband's long absences?
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Isabella of Portugal
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Who was the Pope 1523-1534?
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Pope Clement VII
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What league did the Pope form with Henry VIII of England, to reduce imperial dominance in Northern Italy?
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League of Cormac
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Why did the imperial army sack Rome in 1527, despite orders not to, and led to the Pope being captured and taken to Charles?
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they were unpaid
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What Italian city state did Charles form an alliance with that gave him the experienced admiral Andreas Doria, in 1528?
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Genoa
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What was the name of the treaty, nicknamed "Ladies' Peace" because it was negotiated between Charles' aunt and Francis' mother, that made Francis renounce his claims in Italy?
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Treaty of Cambrai
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What was the city the Ottomans failed to capture, when laying siege to it in 1529?
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Siege of Vienna
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Who was the Ottoman Emperor 1520-1666?
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Suleiman I
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What was the diet he hosted in 1530, that effectively established zero tolerance to the Protestants?
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Diet of Augsburg (1530)
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What peace treaty was made with the Lutheran Schmalkaldic league that allowed tolerance of Lutheranism as long as the princes do not spread it more than it has?
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Peace of Nuremberg
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Who was Charles' aunt, whose marriage with Henry VIII of England was annulled in 1533?
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Catherine of Aragon
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What city was captured by the Ottomans in 1534, but was retaken by Charles the following year?
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Tunis
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Who was made Grand Admiral of the Ottoman navy?
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Hayreddin Barbarossa
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What treaty gave France Turin and ended the 1536-38 conflict in the Italian wars?
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Truce of Nice (1538)
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What naval battle in 1538, resulted in Ottoman victory?
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Battle of Preveza
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What Lutheran German Prince was revealed that he was committing bigamy?
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Philip of Hesse
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Who did he make Duke of Milan in 1440?
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his son, Philip
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What was the council the Pope called that started the Catholic reformation that countered the Protestant reformation?
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Council of Trent
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What Diet did Charles call to get German allies for the upcoming war against the Schmalkaldic league, in 1546?
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Diet of Regensburg (1546)
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What battle ended the Schmalkaldic wars?
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Battle of Mühlberg
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What treaty was Charles forced to sign, in 1547, that made him recognise total Ottoman control of the Kingdom of Hungary?
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Treaty of Adrianople
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What Diet was the consequence to Charles' victory in the Schmalkaldic wars, that is described as the first significant step in the process of legitimising Protestantism?
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Diet of Augsburg or Augsburg Interim (1548)
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Who was the Duke, who was on Charles' side in the first Schmalkaldic war because he wanted his brother's title (Elector), that after the Diet above switched sides to the Protestants?
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Maurice of Saxony
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What King did the Schmalkalden league sign a military alliance in anger of the 1548 Diet?
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Henry II of France
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What was the name of the peace treaty that ended the second Schmalkaldic War?
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Peace of Passau (1552)
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What peace treaty, in 1555, finally legalised Protestantism in the H.R.E?
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Peace of Augsburg (1555)
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When did Charles V, abdicate from Holy Roman Emperor (the last title he officially abdicated from)?
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27 August 1556
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Who did he give the Empire of Spain; Kingdoms of Sicily, Naples, Aragon and Castille; Duchies of Flanders, Milan and Burgundy to?
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his son, Philip
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Who did he give the Holy Roman Empire; Kingdoms of Germany, Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (all they already had); Archduchy of Austria to?
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his brother, Ferdinand
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When did Charles die?
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21 September 1558
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What did Charles die of (revealed in the 21st century)?
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malaria
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