#CharlesV died #OnThisDay in 1558; the #HolyRomanEmperor was the last monarch with any real chance of constructing a universal Christian empire in Europe, but he failed at that as well as defeating France & the Ottoman Empire & eliminating Protestantism...

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21st September 1558
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor died of Malaria at the monastery of Yusta in the Extremadura region of Spain.

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