Charles V

noun

1. Charles the Wise, 1337–81, king of France 1364–80.
2. Charles I ( def 3 ).

Charles V

noun

1. Charles V13371380MFrenchPOLITICS: hereditary ruler known as Charles the Wise . 1337–80, king of France (1364–80) during the Hundred Years' War
2. Charles V15001558MSpanishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1500–58, Holy Roman Emperor (1519–56), king of Burgundy and the Netherlands (1506–55), and, as Charles I, king of Spain (1516–56): his reign saw the empire threatened by Francis I of France, the Turks, and the spread of Protestantism; abdicated

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To try and get some insight into it, I called Charles V. Ford, the author of Lies!

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His works are popular, and the History of Charles V will be long read with admiration.

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Charles V made a public entry into Augsburg, where the members of the diet had assembled.

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It was at this sitting that Charles V proposed the meeting of a general council for reforming the abuses of the church.

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Montecuculi was appointed in the first instance to the household of the queen, the sister of Charles V.

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From this hall you pass round the little myrtle garden of Lindarax, into an additional building made to the east end by Charles V.

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