Charles V - Den Bosch, NL
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This is the buste of Charles the 5th in the Hof van Zevenbergen in Den Bosch.
Waymark Code: WM14FE7
Location: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Date Posted: 06/28/2021
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Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain (Castile and Aragon) from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555. As he was head of the rising House of Habsburg during the first half of the 16th century, his dominions in Europe included the Holy Roman Empire, extending from Germany to northern Italy with direct rule over the Austrian hereditary lands and the Burgundian Low Countries, and a unified Spain with its southern Italian kingdoms of Naples, Sicily, and Sardinia. Furthermore, his reign encompassed both the long-lasting Spanish and the short-lived German colonizations of the Americas. The personal union of the European and American territories of Charles V was the first collection of realms labelled "the empire on which the Sun never sets".
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The buste of Charles is in the Hof van Zevenbergen. It is immediately opposite the entrance. It is made from bronze and was offered by a lawyer firm in 1998 to the Hof van Zevenbergen for the 25th anniversary of the "circle friends of 's Hertogenbosch"
Source: Plaque next to buste (see photo)
The reason this location was chosen for the buste is because Charles the 5th actually stayed an overnight at the Hof van Zevenbergen in the 15th century.
Hof van Zevenbergen (garden and inner court) is publically accessible.
Source: ANWB plaque outside Hof van Zevenbergen (see photo)