Genealogy Romeijnders » Karel V van Habsburg (1500-1558)

Personal data Karel V van Habsburg 

  • He was born on February 14, 1500 in Gent (B.), Oost-Vlaanderen, België.
  • He was christened on March 9, 1500 in Gent (B.), Oost-Vlaanderen, België.
    getuigen: Margaretha van York, Margaretha van Oostenrijk, Karel I van Cruy en Jan III van Glymes
    Plaats: Sint-Baafskathedraal
  • Profession: keizer van het Roomse Rijk.
  • He died on September 21, 1558 in Brachterbeek, Limburg, Nederland, he was 58 years old.
  • A child of Filips de Schone van Bourgondië and Joanna van Castilië
  • This information was last updated on February 21, 2021.

Household of Karel V van Habsburg

(1) He has/had a relationship with Johanna van de Gheynst.


Child(ren):

  1. Margaretha van Parma  1522-1586 


(2) He is married to Isabella van Portugal.

They got married on May 10, 1526 at Sevilla (SP), Andalucia, Spanje, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Filips II van Habsburg  1527-1598 
  2. Maria van Habsburg  1528-1603
  3. Ferdinand van Habsburg  ± 1530-????
  5. Isabella van Habsburg  ± 1536-± 1538
  6. Johan van Habsburg  ± 1539-????


(3) He is married to Barbara Blomberg.

They got married


Child(ren):

  1. Juan van Habsburg  1547-1578


Child(ren):



Notes about Karel V van Habsburg

In 1506 erft hij van zijn vader de Nederlandse territoria onder voogdij van grootvader Maximiliaan. In 1516 koning v Spanje. In 1519 keizer v H.Roomse Rijk. Moest keurvorsten dik betalen om gekozen te kunnen worden. In 1530 in Bologna tot keizer gekroond. Troonsafstand in 1556 tgv zoon Filips (Nederlanden, Spanje, Zuid Amerika) enbroer Ferdinand (H. Roomse Rijk). Begraven in het Escorial.

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Birthday February 14, 1500

  • Graaf Filips II de Schone (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1494 till 1506 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1500: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 26 » Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
    • February 17 » Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
    • March 9 » The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
    • April 10 » Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
    • April 22 » Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.
    • December 24 » A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia.

Christening day March 9, 1500

  • Graaf Filips II de Schone (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1494 till 1506 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1500: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 17 » Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
    • March 9 » The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
    • April 10 » Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
    • August 9 » Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia.
    • November 11 » Treaty of Granada: Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.
    • December 24 » A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia.

Day of marriage May 10, 1526

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1526: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 21 » The last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat.
    • August 29 » Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.

Day of death September 21, 1558

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1558: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 7 » French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England.
    • April 24 » Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
    • July 13 » Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines.
    • October 17 » Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded.
    • November 17 » Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.


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