Charles V

noun

1. Charles the Wise, 1337–81, king of France 1364–80.

2. Charles I.

Charles V

noun

1. known as Charles the Wise . 1337–80, king of France (1364–80) during the Hundred Years' War

2. 1500–58, Holy Roman Emperor (1519–56), king of Burgundy and the Netherlands (1506–55), and, as Charles I, king of Spain (1516–56): his reign saw the empire threatened by Francis I of France, the Turks, and the spread of Protestantism; abdicated

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After Charles V divided the Habsburg domains between Spain and Austria, French rulers faced a challenge on multiple sides.

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"It's important to remember that many pregnant people take prenatal vitamin supplements, which might help prevent nutritional deficiencies," says Dr. Samantha Kleinberg, the study's lead author and a professor at the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science at Stevens.

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As a younger son to King John II of France, Philip had received Burgundy as a compensation prize while his elder brother Charles V succeeded to the throne.

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Charles V. Hamilton, a philosophical godfather of the Black Power movement, which he envisioned as the means to subvert what he stigmatized as America’s “institutional racism,” died on Nov. 18 in Chicago, it was recently confirmed.

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The judge overseeing the case, Charles V Ramos, ruled in their favour, stating that it is unlikely Mr Grünbaum voluntarily gave the artworks away when he was detained at Dachau.

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