Charles I Of Spain Gallery

Luther at the Diet of Worms, 1521, (1890). Creator: Unknown

Luther at the Diet of Worms, 1521, (1890). The Diet of Worms 1521 was an assembly of the Holy Roman Empire called by King Charles V in Heylshof Garden, Worms,to address Martin Luther, (1483-1546) and the effects of the Protestant Reformation. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

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Emperor Charles V with the Fuggers in Augsburg, 1530, (1936). Creator: Unknown

Emperor Charles V with the Fuggers in Augsburg, 1530, (1936). Kaiser Karl V. Bei Fugger in Augsburg, 1530'. German businessman, mining entrepreneur and banker Jakob Fugger (1459-1525) was influential in 16th-century politics. Here he burns papers in the fireplace, cancelling the debts of Spanish king Charles V (1500-1558). From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]

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Karl V, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Karl V, (1933). Portrait of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of both the Holy Roman Empire and the Spanish Empire (as Charles I of Spain). After a miniature by Titian. From "Gestalten Der Weltgeschichte", a book of cigarette-card portrait miniatures of figures in world history from the last four hundred years. [Germany, 1933]

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