My British Empire

Chapter 398 The Split Habsburg Dynasty

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In addition to the special situation in the English Channel and the large-scale growth of the British navy, the Ottoman Empire also assisted the United Kingdom.

The contest between Spain, which represents a Catholic country, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which represents Christianity, is not only a matter of territory, but also a matter of faith.

As we all know, the Mediterranean Sea is calm, and the Spanish Galen boat is like a tortoise in the Mediterranean Sea, moving slowly and slowly, which is a target.

The Ottoman Empire used wooden oar boats, which were fast and beat the Galen boats to the ground.

Spain, as a big ocean country, mostly uses Galenic ships. It is impossible for him to give up the interests of the Americas and build all wooden paddle boats.

So, the Mediterranean is a meat grinder, and Spain continues to build wooden paddle boats to enter the Mediterranean to fight and let blood.

It was because of the Ottoman Empire that Britain escaped.

Thanks a lot for Tuji.

So, Edward's current strategy is to maintain a friendly relationship with Spain, maintain a hostile relationship with France, and maintain neutrality between the West, let them fight!

The markets of Spain and the Ottoman Empire are very large, enough for England to develop vigorously.

Speaking of Spain, Spain in 1555 was full of events.

On October 25, 1555, the great Holy Roman Emperor, the co-lord of Spain, and the monarch of the Netherlands, His Majesty Charles V, suddenly announced on this day that he would renounce the throne of the Netherlands and pass him on to his son Prince Philip.

And, accidents followed.

1556, the Spanish throne was abandoned on January 16, and Prince Philip inherited the throne as Philip II.

On September 12, 1556, he announced his renunciation of the Holy Roman Emperor and passed it on to his younger brother Ferdinand.

In other words, the huge Habsburg dynasty has been separated.

Charles V's son, Philip II, will lose the territory of the German region and the title of emperor, as well as the ancestral base of the Habsburg family-Austria.

The younger brother of Charles V, Ferdinand I, will receive the title of emperor and Austria from the original Hungarian kingdom, as another branch of the Habsburg family.

It is impossible to say which one is more authentic. Anyway, what makes Europeans happy is that the breathless Habsburg dynasty finally split.

If you didn't come to Western Europe in the sixteenth century, you didn't know the horror of the Habsburg dynasty.

The entire Western European region and the Iberian Peninsula are under the control of the Habsburg dynasty, and the Netherlands (including Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and northeastern France) is also the hereditary territory of the Habsburg family.

The German princes united to barely resist the Habsburg dynasty in the German region.

Italy controls more than half.

Except France.

So, at this time, the people of Western Europe felt quite liberated, their pressure was greatly reduced, and their mood relaxed a lot.

Spain, Extremadura.

Today's Eustace Abbey is particularly lively. The priests of the monastery walked out of the door one by one, bent slightly, and saluted the couple in front of them with respectful expressions.

His Majesty Philip II, wearing the king's uniform, brought his Queen Mary and a group of attendants to the Abbey of Eustace.

Beside them was the old and skinny abbot Garcia. While leading the way, he told the historical rumors of the abbey to the young king and queen beside him.

Although the history of the monastery is nothing more than a series of clichés such as how to defeat the heretics and how to rescue the Lamb of the Lord, as devout Catholics, His Majesty the King and his wife still listened with gusto.

"Your Excellency Dean, I don't know these times, how is my father's condition?" Philip II asked after listening to the dean's story.

"Your Majesty, King Charles is currently depressed and unhappy, but under the blessing of our Lord, and with the prayers of all of us, his health has been brought under control!"

Dean Garcia immediately turned around and answered Philip II's question, without the sense of self-esteem that a priest should have at all.

"Really? This is really great! Thank you, my lord, for your protection!" Princess Mary also smiled, said happily, and then prayed.

"In this case, then, I will donate two more villages as the monastery's support!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, my lord will definitely see what you have done for him, and you will definitely receive my lord's favor! Amen!" The monastery head was overjoyed when he heard that the monastery had added two more villages.

Two round eyes widened, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he responded in a muttering manner.

In this regard, Philip II and Queen Mary smiled at each other, and then continued to walk.

Since his abdication, Charles V came to the Abbey of Eustace to recuperate.

Usually, he is not only nervous, but also sluggish most of the time, with painful and swollen thighs.

Most of the time, he devoted his energy to the Bible in order to comfort his heart.

In fact, although Charles V was plagued by illness, he could still take care of state affairs, and most of the time it was normal.

Yes, in 1555, a major event happened, which deeply hurt the fighting spirit of this devout Catholic, and made him think of retiring and came to the monastery.

This incident happened thanks to a well-known figure among our high school students—Martin Luther.

This character set off a wave of religious reform and spread widely in the German region, and various Protestantisms sprung up like mushrooms.

This made Charles V, who had been building a "Catholic Empire", dissatisfied. He forcibly suppressed the Protestant princes and nobles in Germany.

As a result, these Protestant countries united and formed a Schmalkaldon alliance to resist the Catholic hegemony of Charles V.

Charles V forced a war with the Schmalkaldon alliance.

In the first phase of the war (1546-1548) he defeated Johann Frederick, Elector of Saxony, and imprisoned the surrendered Marquis of Hesse (generous) Philip I (1547-1552).

However, he won first and then lost.

After a new war broke out in 1552, Charles V suffered a series of defeats, and signed the 1555 Augsburg Religious Peace Treaty with the princes.

And the signing of the Augsburg religious contract is inseparable from one person—Hungarian King Ferdinand.

That is to say, this treaty was reconciled by Charles V's younger brother Ferdinand.

As a result of this incident, Ferdinand's prestige rose sharply in the German region, while Charles V plummeted.

Moreover, for the sake of the Habsburg family, Charles V was forced and had to give up the title of emperor and Austria to his younger brother.

More importantly, it is stipulated in the treaty that the German region has freedom of belief.

This shattered Charles V's dream of a "Catholic Empire", and his ambitions also dissipated.

(end of this chapter)

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