Charles v and pope clement vii biography

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(GIULIO DE’ MEDICI).

Born ; died 25 September, Giulio de' Medici was born a few months after the death of his father, Giuliano, who was slain at Florence in the disturbances which followed the Pazzi conspiracy. Although his parents had not been properly married, they had, it was alleged, been betrothedper sponsalia de presenti, and Giulio, in virtue of a well-known principle of canon law, was subsequently declared legitimate. The youth was educated by his uncle, Lorenzo the Magnificent. He was made a Knight of Rhodes and Grand Prior of Capua, and, upon the election of his cousin Giovanni de' Medici to the papacy as Leo X, he at once became a person of great consequence. On 28 September, , he was made cardinal, and he had the credit of being the prime

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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy långnovell Emperor from to

"Karl V." redirects here. For the musikdrama, see Karl V. (opera).

Charles V
Portrait of Charles V,
Reign	28 June &#;– 24 February [a]
Coronation
Predecessor	Maximilian I
Successor	Ferdinand I
Reign	14 March &#;– 16 January
Predecessor	Joanna of Castille or Joanna the Mad
Successor	Philip II
Co-monarch	Joanna (until )
Regents
Reign	12 January &#;– 21 April
Predecessor	Maximilian I
Successor	Ferdinand I[b]
Reign	25 September &#;– 25 October
Predecessor	Philip the Handsome
Successor	Philip II of Spain
Governors
Born	24 February Prinsenhof of Ghent, Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands, Holy långnovell Empire
Died	21 September () (aged&#;58) Monastery of Yuste, Crown of Castile, Spain
Burial	El Escorial, Spain
Spouse
Issue more
House	Habsburg
Father	Philip the Handsome
Mother	Joanna, Queen of Castile and Arago • Pope Clement VII Bishop of Rome from to Not to be confused with Antipope Clement VII. Pope Clement VII (Latin: Clemens VII; Italian: Clemente VII; born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici; 26 May – 25 September ) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November to his death on 25 September Deemed "the most unfortunate of the popes", Clement VII's reign was marked by a rapid succession of political, military, and religious struggles—many long in the making—which had far-reaching consequences for Christianity and world politics.[3] Elected in at the end of the Italian Renaissance, Clement came to the papacy with a high reputation as a statesman.[4] He had served with distinction as chief advisor to Pope Leo X (–, his cousin), Pope Adrian VI (–), and commendably as gran maestro of Florence (–).[5][6][4] Assuming leadership at a time of crisis, with the Protestant Reformation spreading, the Church n