Short answers, pulled from the story.
Charles V Holy Roman Emperor was born on the 24th of February 1500 in the Prinsenhof of Ghent. This Flemish city served as the cradle of his global empire and the site of celebrations where the people shouted Austria and Burgundy for three hours.
Charles V Holy Roman Emperor was the son of Philip the Handsome and Joanna of Castile. Philip was the firstborn son of Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor and Joanna was the younger daughter of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain.
Charles V Holy Roman Emperor abdicated due to religious division in Germany, bankrupt Spanish finances, the revival of Italian Wars, the advance of the Ottomans, and his declining health including severe gout. He finalized his abdications between 1554 and 1556 at the Palace of Coudenberg in Brussels.
Charles V Holy Roman Emperor died on the 21st of September 1558 at the Monastery of Yuste in Extremadura. He was taken seriously ill in August 1558 with what was diagnosed in the twenty-first century as malaria.
Charles V Holy Roman Emperor traveled ten times to the Low Countries and spent 10,000 days there. He also traveled nine times to Germany, seven times to Spain, seven times to Italy, four times to France, twice to England, and twice to North Africa.