Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (Spanish: Carlos I, Dutch: Karel V, German: Karl V.) (1500-02-24 – 1558-09-21) was effectively (the first) King of Spain from 1516 to 1556 (in principle, he was from 1516 king of Aragon and from 1516 guardian of his insane mother, queen of Castile who died 1555, and the co-king of Castile 1516-55, full king 1555-56), and Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556.

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• Fortune hath somewhat the nature of a woman; if she be too much wooed, she is the farther off.
  • Quoted in Francis Bacon's The Advancement of Learning (1605), Book II