Coronation of Charles V

Luigi Scaramuccia. Coronation of Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor, 1661. Sketch for the frescoes in the Sala Farnese of the Palazzo d'Accursio in Bologna. Genus Bononiae Collezioni.

Charles V was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Clement VII in the San Petronio Basilica in Bologna on 24 February 1530. He was the last Holy Roman Emperor to be crowned by a pope. The emperor was also crowned King of Italy on 22 February, also the last coronation of an Italian king by a pope.