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  Why did Charles V split up his empire? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Emperor-King Charles V was the overlord and ruler of a lot of European territory as well as the growing Spanish Empire in the Americas, too. Most monarchs at this point just passed everything they owned to their heir but when Charles abdicated in 1556, he split his empire up. Giving his Austrian lands and the Holy Roman Empire to his brother, Ferdinand and giving his Spanish lands, souther Italy, the Netherlands and Milan to his son, Philip. So why did he do this? Why split his empire up and not just give it all to his son and heir? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary. A special thanks to my Patreon supporters below: SirJoe Ralliston Jarrod Gerke MajesticFirebird Ryan Schindeler CharÉTS robert lalonde Abdel Mouzahir Steven B Michael Kram Leonard Frank David J. Bever Chris Maddox Leland John Paul Garai Andrew Kendall Blake Cerin Jake Schultz Donald Weaver Colm Byrne Adam Probert John Orr Joel Wasserman Joell Bel Juan Castillo Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Mik Scheper Sean Long Mario Peshev erez87 Nathan Ngumi Wolf Robert Brockway Sean Uzar Serius_Loyola Yosef Waysman Allen R Ian M William Maywood Jonny Minogue Matt Busch Juan Benet Leena Al-Souki JasonVandeventer Ted Ingram Hidamarisou - Webnovel translations Warren Rudkin The Funks Ron Johnson Will Sullivan William Adderholdt Jesse Plung Ted Parsons Ben Jambor Carr Nyuli Severak Mark Ploegstra Joshportunities Jonathan Niehaus SketerK Tony Belmonte Brian Giordano Shakira David Spellmeyer Andreas Mosand Tim Stone Carl Blanton blei95 Robert Meehan Joseph Hutchins D. Mahlik tegsirat BattleGoat Studios Tom Ebert P Marino Rob Rollins bakedbread Contdoko12 Matt Reed Patty Culp Alex G. A. J. Smart Harrison Wiener Colin Cecil Hunter Bayliss Liquid Chief Joseph Reinsch Richard Wolfe Steve Schroeder Jacob Damon Sethars Joshua Schneider C. C. C. Charles Kwiatkowski Ali Sadighian Blue Cardinal Virtual History Museum Seth Anthony McCann T. c. north Jane Sumpter Jagamuffin george tyler Mario Mejia

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