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Charles I of Spain, who by birth already held sway over much of Europeand Spanish America, is elected the successor of his late grandfather,Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. Charles, who was also the grandson ofFerdinand II and Isabella of Spain, had bribed the princes of Germany tovote for him, defeating such formidable candidates as King Henry VIII ofEngland, King Francis I of France, and Frederick the Wise, the duke ofSaxony.Crowned as Emperor Charles V, the new Holy Roman emperor sought to unitethe many kingdoms under his rule in the hope of creating a vast,universal empire. However, his hopes were thwarted by the ProtestantReformation in Germany, a lifelong dynastic struggle with King Francis,and the advance of the Ottoman Turks into Europe. In 1558, after nearlyfour decades as Holy Roman emperor, Charles abdicated the throne infavor of his brother, Ferdinand. He had already granted much of theother European territory under his rule to his son Philip.
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