Emperor Charles V was the first beneficiary, and victim, of his parents’ miserable marriage [referring to the famous ‘Hapsburg Chin’]. From Philip he inherited Austria, the Low Countries, the Holy Roman Empire, and a lower jaw so grossly extended that it was almost impossible for him to keep his mouth closed. Seeing his king for the first time, a stunned Spanish peasant reportedly shouted, “Your Majesty, shut your mouth, the flies of this country are very insolent.”
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