Carlos, rey emperador () is a Spanish historical fiction television series based upon the reign of Charles V (Carlos I to the Spanish), directed by Oriol Ferrer and produced by Diagonal TV for Televisión Española. It was broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española from 2015 to 2016. The series is the sequel to the film The Broken Crown, which in turn is the sequel to the series Isabel produced by the same production company.
Plot The series tells the story of Charles I or Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, one of the most powerful men Europe has seen, the ruler of an empire as great in size as in diversity.
As the life of Charles of Habsburg is told since his arrival to Spain, it can be seen how the heir to the crowns of Germany, Burgundy, the Netherlands, the territories of the Crown of Aragon and its related Italian territories, and of the territories of the Catholic Monarchs in Castile, North Africa and the Americas, matures as a statesman and gets stronger in face of menaces around him and good and bad advice from his counselors.
Cast and characters Actor Role Álvaro Cervantes Charles I Blanca Suárez Isabella of Portugal Laia Marull Joanna of Castile (played by Irene Escolar in 'Isabel') Ferdinand of Habsburg Laia Costa Mary of Austria Catherine of Austria Marina Salas Eleanor of Austria Mónica López Margaret of Habsburg Pablo Arbués Philip II of Spain (child) Philip II of Spain (adult) Mary of Austria and Portugal Félix Gómez Fernando Álvarez de Toledo Francis I of France María Hervás Marguerite of Angoulême Claude of France Alberto Amarilla Henry II of France Susi Sánchez Louise of Savoy Alberto San Juan Charles III, Duke of Bourbon Manuel I of Portugal Tamar Novas John III of Portugal Mélida Molina Catherine of Aragon Àlex Brendemühl Henry VIII of England Ángel de Andrés López Pope Clement VII Carlos Kaniowsky Pope Leo X Francisco Olmo Pope Paul III Francesc Orella Cardinal Adrian of Utrecht Ferran Audí Thomas Cromwell Blai Llopis Cardinal Thomas Wolsey Itsaso Arana Maria Manuela of Portugal Martin Luther Andrés Lima Frederick of Saxony Jakob Fugger Helio Pedregal William de Croÿ Juanjo Puigcorbé Mercurino Gattinara Ramón Barea Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo Víctor Clavijo Francis Borgia Juan Pardo de Tavera Fele Martínez Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle Anne de Montmorency Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa Leonardo da Vinci Françoise de Foix Nathalie Poza Germaine de Foix María Pacheco Israel Elejalde Juan López de Padilla Antonio de Mendoza Óscar Rabadán Bartolomé de las Casas José Luis García Pérez Hernán Cortés Víctor Dupla Luis Ponce de León Lucía Barrado Catalina Juárez La Malinche Moctezuma II Nelson Dante Cuauhtémoc Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar José Maya Francisco Pizarro - Isabella of Austria Bianca Ceausescu Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly José Coronado Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor Ángela Cremonte Mary Tudor Lucía Fuertes Joanna of Austria Gerónimo de Aguilar Fiorella Faltoyano Anne of France Eusebio Poncela Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros Mingo Ràfols i Olea
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External links Official site