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16th-century counts of Hainaut

  • Charles V, Holy Roman EmperorThe year 1500 marked the arrival of Charles in the Prinsenhof of Ghent, a Flemish city within the Habsburg Netherlands. A poet at the court reported that…
  • Philip II of SpainOn the 21st of May 1527, a baby boy was born inside the Palacio de Pimentel in Valladolid. This child would become Philip II of Spain.