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The Death of Charles the Great
In 1547, he crushed the princes of the Schmulchaldic League in Germany. He authorized one of his subordinates to make war against the Corsairs of North Africa. Charles was bottled up in Innsbruck, Austria, with Protestant forces approaching. The emperor fled south over the Brenner Pass to remote Corinthia where he tried to regroup and rearm.