Caption:
Charles V (Ghent, 1500-Monastery of Yuste, Spain, 1558). Holy Roman Emperor. He was the eldest son of Philip the Handsome and Joanna of Castile. Ruler of both, the Spanish Empire as Charles I from 1516 and the Holy Roman Empire as Charles V from 1519. Drawing by Vernier and engraving by Lemaitre, 1840. Later colouration.