The WORST episodes of Charles, King and Emperor
Every episode of Charles, King and Emperor ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Charles, King and Emperor!
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 Free County, Artois, Nevers and Rethel, of 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
#1 - Desire to Be Nobody
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/25/2016
Tired of ruling, Charles arranges the distribution of his many kingdoms among his heirs.
#2 - Succession
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/2016
Both Charles and Francis are getting to the end of their lives.
#3 - Educating Philip
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/2016
It's been years since Isabella's death. While Charles is away from Spain, going from battle to battle, Philip is already a grown man.
#4 - Heresy and War
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/2015
While Charles is away in Europe, Commoners rise in arms in Castile.
#5 - Imprisonment of a King
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/2015
#7 - Rapine
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/2015
The King knows his Flemish advisers only look for their personal interests. Feeling lonely, he finds solace in Germaine's arms.
#8 - The Hard Road to Victory
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/2015
Spain and France meet in the battlefield, resulting in an unexpected prisoner of war.
#9 - We Should All Be One
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/16/2015
Charles is finally crowned Emperor by the Pope, but joy is quickly followed by tragedies.
#10 - Caesar or Nothing
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/2015
Germana telling Carlos that, yes, she is pregnant. Past the initial shock, Carlos actually seems quite happy about this -not so much his advisors, who want Germana out of the way. They want this so much that they send a letter to Carlos's aunt, Margarita, to do something about it. And her idea is to send Mercurino Gattinara over as Carlos's new chancellor, and let's be happy about this, because someone needed to teach Chièvres a lesson and it was about time.
#11 - About Love and Death
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/23/2015
#12 - Lazar
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/9/2015
Europe unites against the emperor. Meanwhile, Isabella is determined to prove herself more than a mere queen consort.
#13 - Wedding and Honeymoon
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/2/2015
#14 - A Kingdom in Flames
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/2015
Charles is the new emperor, but his fight with Francis I is not over. Meanwhile Hernan Cortez and Moctezuma meet.
#15 - The Foreigner
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/2015
Castile's new King sets foot on his kingdom for the first time and he is not welcomed. He declared himself king when the titular Queen, his mother Joanna The Mad, still lives. And he intends to rule without speaking a word of Castilian.
#16 - The Empire on Auction
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/2015
Maximilian's death leaves the Empire throne vacant. Francis I and Henry VIII want it, but Margaret of Austria will be Charles' best ally in the race.
#17 - Father
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/2016
Charles V lives his last days in a monastery, sad and tired, accompanied by Francis Borgia. But life will still provide him with one last joy.