comic charles v - ramón matamoros san vicente
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Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire was born in Ghent in 1500. He was son of Joanne the Mad and Philip the Handsome. Therefore, his grandparents were the Catholic Kings and Mary of Burgundy and Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire. However, to inherit the title of Emperor, he had to be elected by the German noble men.
My loyal secretary Francisco de los Cobos, I am now the
most powerful monarch of our time. Now that I am Emperor, I must protect Europe from any kind of threat. I must
ensure its stability.
For his election as Emperor, Charles V had to ask for money to the court of Castille. After a great effort, he obtained it and the people got really angry with him, so they started a rebellion called ‘The Comunidades’ War’. At the same time, in Aragon, the Germanías wanted less privileges for the nobles.
My lord, I must warn you that there are two uprisings… One
in Castille led by Bravo, Padilla and Maldonado, and the other one in Aragon, led
by the Germanías.
They want you to take more into account the interests of
the Spanish people.
How they dare??!! I will fight against them! My tercios will be relentless! They will pay for their treachery!
Charles I sent his army formed by the Tercios against the rebels and defeat the Comunidades in Villalar in 1521, and also the Germanías in 1522.
I want Padilla, Bravo and Maldonado alive!
They will suffer a public execution for their
betrayal!
Our pikes, arquebuse
s and muskets
will destroy them!
For the
King!
Padilla, Bravo and Maldonado were beheaded after their defeat.
We will be an example
of resistance against the
power of the King!
The Germanías were also defeated by Charles I.
The King has won. We, the noble men, will be more
powerful now thanks
to our support to
the Emperor!
The Emperor finished these conflicts in Spain, but in Germany a new problem emerged…
Your grace, sorry for bothering you, but I have bad news. A
German friar named Martin Luther has
written 95 theses in which he reports that the Catholic Church is corrupted! His ideas are breing spread all
over the Empire!
It is hard to fight against your own people, but no one can challenge the Empire. I am the protector of Europe and Christianity! I hope my enemies learnt the lesson!
What?! A simple friar dares to defy my power and the
holiness of the Catholic Church?! I
will show my people that I am a merciful emperor. I will talk to Luther and I will ask him to retract himself.
Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire met Luther in the Worm’s Diet in 1521.
So you are the friar who wrote those lies… I have been looking forward to meeting you. I am asking you this kindly: retract yourself
now and we can end this peacefully once and for all.
Your Highness, I have seen the corruption of the
Catholic Church in first person and I am afraid I cannot do what you ask
me. My duty is to do what our lord Jesuchrist taught
us. I am so sorry.All right, Luther, I am
forced to use my power to defend Catholicism.
There will be war.
The rule of Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire was not being easy. Besides these previous conflicts, the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the
Magnificent wanted to conquer Europe and he decided to attack Viena. The Emperor asked for help to his brother, the king of Hungary and Bohemia
Ferdinand I to break the siege.My highly esteemed brother, I need your help to keep Europe safe. The Ottoman Empire is
attacking Viena and we must to break the siege. The glory
awaits.Your Grace, you can count on me to
deffend Europe from those invaders.
Together we will save Europe and Christianity.
I swear to you that I will never forget this. You will be rewarded for your courage
and your services.
With their combined strength, the Emperor Charles V and his brother, the king of Hungary and Bohemia Ferdinand I, defeated the Ottomans and broke
the siege of Viena. Suleiman the Magnificent had to go back.
Look! It’s the Emperor
Charles V and his brother! They have
come to help us! God bless
them!!
We must go back!! We
cannot defeat the imperial army and its
tercios!
We have won the battle, my devoted
secretary. My rule is being
hard. How is the conquest of
America going?
The conquest is being very quick, my Majesty. Our firearms are powerful and the reports say that the Amerindians think that our soldiers are gods. The best ones are Hernán Cortes and Francisco Pizarro. We have sent also priests to spread Christianism. We are also teaching them our language. America is giving us a lot of wealth!
Thank you very much, Francisco. I hope
America give us more riches.
THE END. Made by: Ramón Matamoros San
Vicente