Throughout his reign, Emperor Charles V fought to keep his empire together ... Charles owed his destiny to his grandfather, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. A member of the House of Habsburg ...

In 1547, Holy Roman Emperor ... deteriorated, Charles V abdicated as emperor in favor of his brother Ferdinand in 1556, although it was not legally recognized until February 1558.

French scientists have decoded a letter written in 1547 by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The three-page letter ... was plotting his death. After almost five centuries, the letter had lain ...

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V used an ingenious code to keep his messages ... rising tension between France and Spain. Following the death of British monarch Henry VIII, a key ally, Charles wanted ...

V, who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in ... written after the death of Henry VIII and the rebellion of a Protestant group called the Schmalkalden Alliance in Germany. Charles V, who was ...

Researchers in France have finally cracked a complex code of mysterious symbols and "nonsense" decoys written by Charles V, the former Holy Roman Emperor ... after the death of England's King ...

The decoded letter written by Holy Roman Emperor King Charles VStanislas Library ...