Duke Charles of Habsburg was officially proclaimed King of Spain (as Charles I), on March 14, 1516, after the death of his grandfather Ferdinand II on January 23, 1516. Charles was the first monarch to simultaneously rule both the Castilian and Aragonese crowns. In 1519, he became Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
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