1545 AD., Flanders, Charles V, Brughes (Brugge) mint, Korte, vG H 198-5.
Flanders, Charles V (Karel V, Karl V., Charles Quint), Brughes (Brugge) mint, 1545 AD.,
Korte (Courte, Deut) (ø 17-18 mm / 1,69 g), copper, 1,92 g. theor. mint weight, usually ca. 1,7-1,85 g., axes coin alignment ↑↓ (180°),
Obv.: :(Lis):CARO[LVS·D:G·V·IMP·]HISP·REX·1545 , ("Carolus V Dei gratia imperator Hispaniarum rex") his crowned head facing right - gekroond borstbeeld van Karel V naar rechts.
Rev.: rampant lion left within ornamented circle - klauwende leeuw naar links binnen een cirkelvormige versiering.
Vh I 45 ; vG H 198-5 .
In 1482 this last Burgundian ruler of Flanders died, making her young son Philip I of Castile of the House of Habsburg the new count, and her husband Maximilian I of Austria the regent. The Flemish cities staged two more revolts, but these were ultimately subdued by the armies of the Holy Roman Empire.
The 1493 Treaty of Senlis established peace between France and the Habsburgs; per the terms of the treaty, Flanders would henceforth be a territory of the Holy Roman Empire.
Under Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Flanders became a member of the Burgundian Circle. The county was later involved in the Guelderian Wars.
Through the Pragmatic Sanction of 1549, the County of Flanders was officially detached from France. It became an independent territory of the Holy Roman Empire. This constitutional act made Flanders part of the Seventeen Provinces, that constituted the Low Countries and from then on would be inherited as a whole.