Legacy obituary: Charles V. Stratton
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Charles V
Charles V was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Castile and León from 1516 to 1556, King of Sicily and Naples from 1516 to 1554, and also Lord of the Netherlands and titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555. He was heir to and then head of the rising House of Habsburg. His dominions in Europe included the Holy Roman Empire, extending from Germany to northern I…
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politics · Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556 · monarch · also Charles V, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Karl V., Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, King Carlos I, King Charles I
Born 24 February 1500 · Died 21 September 1558 · Q32500
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…Begging Your Holiness as earnestly as I can that you convene a general council with the urgency that the situation demands and that for optimal effect Your Holiness should write to other princes and potentates explaining why. Namely the need to create a united front against the expected Turkish attack and to prevent the heresies that have recently appeared from spreading further.
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2026· 14 entries
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“I want to be trusted, and will not bargain with my subjects.”
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“…Begging Your Holiness as earnestly as I can that you convene a general council with the urgency that the situation demands and that for optimal effect Your Holiness should write to other princes and potentates explaining why. Namely the need to create a united front against the expected Turkish attack and to prevent the heresies that have recently appeared from spreading further.”
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“These heretics have been so obstinate that no policy has worked or sufficed to get them to recognise their errors… I can see that if there were a way of forcing them we could justly move against them, but that is not the case now, nor do I currently have the means, because I am tired, alone and without help and there are so many of them that great force would be needed to overcome them. The true remedy is to convene a general council.”
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“Because we cannot by ourselves give sufficient thanks to God, our creator, for the grace, honour, health and success that He has granted us thus far, nor amass sufficient merit to secure the continuation of His grace in the future… to beseech God to continue to raise us in virtue and good customs, to govern our dominions and subjects in peace, union and concord, and to guide our affairs to His honour, our wellbeing, and the prosperity, utility and tranquility of our said dominions and subjects.”
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“It has brought me the greatest sorrow you can imagine, because he was the most handsome little boy for his age that you could find. I feel his death even more than the loss of my own son [Fernando] because he was older and I knew him better and treated him as my own son. Nevertheless we must accept the will of God. May God forgive me, but I wish He had taken Christian instead of his son.”
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“I was writing to my wife when your letter arrived, and now I want to look at her portrait myself, seeing the great beauty it contains. I am such a devoted husband that other beautiful women now do nothing for me.”
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“I am wholly decided and resolved to go in person to help my brother because his need is so great and the perils so extreme that it does not merely threaten him but places all Christendom at risk. I cannot and must not abandon him because of the office I hold and because of the obligations of fraternal friendship and also because he is such a good brother to me.”
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“We are more inclined to marry [your] sister the infanta, Isabella, than anyone else because there is no daughter of a king as ready as her.”
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“Cervantes partly modelled the wandering Don Quixote on Charles V.”
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“Since our Lord, who gave Fernando to us, wished to have him back, we must bend to His will and thank Him and beg Him to protect what is left. With great affection, my lady, I beg you to do this and to forget and leave behind all pain and grief.”
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“Without the prior pacification of Italy, it could happen that as soon as I leave to succor you, Venice, Florence, Ferrara and Francesco Sforza will ally together, pull all their resources and invite the French to support them… Since I will need to take with me to Germany the army besieging Florence, we need a swift decision by His Holiness in this matter.”
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2019· 1 entry
“Geoffrey Parker, Emperor: A New Life of Charles V (2019)”
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2016· 2 entries
“Michael Grzonka, Luther and His Times (2016)”
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“Fortune hath somewhat the nature of a woman; if she be too much wooed, she is the farther off.”
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2010· 1 entry
“Europa desde Yuste: Entrevistas a los Premios Europeos Carlos V, página 206, José Julián Barriga Bravo, Luis Ángel Ruiz de Gopegui Santoyo - Editorial Universitaria Ramon Areces, 2010”
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2000· 1 entry
Celebrations for the 500th anniversary of Charles's birth took place in Belgium
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1994· 2 entries
“Ruth Kastner, ed., Quellen zur Reformation 1517-1555 (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1994), pp. 501-20”
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“Francis and I are in perfect accord. He wants Milan and so do I.”
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1991· 1 entry
“John G. Robertson, Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Combining Elements (1991), page 250: "Attributed to Charles V”
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1989· 1 entry
“Detlef Ploese and Guenther Vogler, eds., Buch der Reformation. Eine Auswahl zeitgenössischer Zeugnisse (Berlin: Union Verlag, 1989), pp. 245-53”
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1966· 2 entries
In the Prinsenhof in Ghent where he was born
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“Ralph H. Orth, Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1966), Vol. 6: 1824–1838: "Charles V ap. Brantam”
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1958· 1 entry
In Francoist Spain, brought together the local National Catholic intelligentsia and a number of European (Catholic) conservative figures, underpinning an imperial nostalgia for Charles V's Europe and the Universitas Chri
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1953· 1 entry
“Leave him alone. He has already met his judge. I wage war on the living, not the dead.”
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1918· 1 entry
“Revista de la Universidad de Buenos Aires - Volumes 38-39 - Página 74, Universidad de Buenos Aires - 1918”
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1904· 1 entry
“Dictionary of Classical and Foreign Quotations (1904), page 25”
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1839· 1 entry
“Translation 3: For every language that a man learns he multiplies his individual nature, and brings himself one step nearer to the general collective mind of Man. (Donaldson, 1839)”
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1558· 29 entries
Died 1558-09-21.
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“Hablo latín con Dios, italiano con los músicos, castellano con las damas, francés en la corte, alemán con los lacayos e inglés con mis caballos”
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“My life has been one long journey.”
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“Wielki cesarz Karol V mówił, że z Bogiem rozmawia w języku hiszpańskim, z koniem rozmawia po niemiecku, ze swoją panią rozmawia w języku włoskim, ale z mężczyznami rozmawia po francusku.”
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“Latin version: Quot linguas calles, tot homines vales.”
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“Ottoman Turkish version: Su cadar dil lu cadar adanis. = Su qadar dil lu qadar âdemî.”
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“I have a glove into which I can put your whole city of Paris.”
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“Allegedly told to Francis I of France. The glove, gant in French, is a reference to the city of Ghent (Gandes in French), where Charles was born.”
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“Falo Latim com Deus, italiano com os músicos, espanhol com as damas, francês na corte, alemão com os lacaios e inglês com meus cavalos.”
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“In view of Our special love for and inclination to the German Nation and the Holy Roman Empire…as Roman emperor and supreme steward of Christendom, it pertains to Our Imperial office to confess Our obligation to guard, protect, and maintain the holy Christian faith as it has been preserved until now.”
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“I letterati mi istruiscono, i commercianti mi arricchiscono, e i nobili mi spogliano.”
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“[A Bruxelles, nell'ora del congedo dai sudditi che più gli erano stati fedeli] La mia vita è stata soltanto un lungo viaggio.”
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“[All'inizio del proprio regno, parlando di Francesco I] O io sarò un imperatore da strapazzo, o lui sarà un misero re.”
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“Hablo con mi caballo en alemán, con los pájaros en inglés, con las mujeres en italiano, con los hombres en francés, y con Dios, en español.”
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“Hablo el español con Dios, el italiano con las mujeres, el francés con los hombres y el alemán con mi caballo.”
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“La fortuna è una cortigiana che riserva ai giovani i propri favori.”
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“A sorte é uma cortesã que reserva seus favores aos jovens.”
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“Més estimo ser comte de Barcelona que emperador dels romans.”
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“Mucho erré en no matar a Lutero, y si bien lo dejé por no quebrantar el salvoconducto y palabra que le tenía dada, pensando de remediar por otra vía aquella herejía, erré, porque yo no era obligado a guardarle la palabra, por ser la culpa de hereje contra otro mayor Señor, que era Dios, y así yo no le había ni debía guardar palabra, sino vengar la injuria hecha a Dios.”
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“La moderazione è sempre la tattica preferibile.”
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“Revista Caras, Edição 665.”
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“Parlo espanyol amb Déu, italià amb les dones, francès amb els homes i alemany amb el meu cavall.”
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“Atribuida por Menéndez Pelayo [fiabilidad discutida] al emperador como dicha a los monjes del Monasterio de Yuste, en sus últimos días de vida.”
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“La ragione di stato non deve opporsi allo stato della ragione.”
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“Após sua fracassada tentativa de conquistar Metz a Henrique II de França.”
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“Que nadie ose hacer esclavos indios so pena de muerte y pérdida de todos su bienes.”
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“Non faccio guerra ai morti, riposi in pace: ormai è davanti al suo giudice.”
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“Un hombre vale tantas veces ó es tantas veces hombre cuantos idiomas conoce.”
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“Faccio guerra ai vivi, non ai morti.”
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1530· 1 entry
Career landmark: coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor.
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1526· 1 entry
“[Our policy] has always been to deal first with matters which are easiest to resolve and leave the most difficult ones until last.”
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1519· 1 entry
Career landmark: Holy Roman Emperor (1519–1556).
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1516· 3 entries
Career landmark: Monarch of Castile and Leon (1516–1556).
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Career landmark: monarch of the Crown of Aragon (1516–1556).
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Career landmark: King of Sardinia (1516–1556).
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1508· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Garter (1508).
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1500· 1 entry
Born 1500-02-24.
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