1 00:00:00,690 --> 00:00:06,130 Previously... - How is Philip? - The Prince is intelligent. And doesn't show interest in state affairs. 2 00:00:06,370 --> 00:00:08,570 Your father is going to return. He left the order... 3 00:00:08,650 --> 00:00:11,550 My father is not here. He never is! 4 00:00:11,770 --> 00:00:15,650 - Are you not happy for my return? - I didn't remember your face. 5 00:00:15,810 --> 00:00:20,590 - Nothing irreparable has happened, father. - Neither will it happen. You may not see that woman again. 6 00:00:20,730 --> 00:00:24,490 You should not have set sail to pay tribute to the Empress. That was your fault. 7 00:00:24,610 --> 00:00:28,790 It is now or never. Charles doesn't expect it. The defeat in Algiers has decimated his forces. 8 00:00:28,830 --> 00:00:33,510 Francis wants to recover Milan. He doesn't renounce his obsessions either. 9 00:00:33,610 --> 00:00:36,730 Francis has encamped one and a half miles away from here. It seems he wants to surprise us. 10 00:00:38,050 --> 00:00:39,370 Prepare my horse. 11 00:00:39,450 --> 00:00:44,250 Everything is lost. Leave, as soon as possible. You cannot be taken prisoner again. 12 00:00:44,570 --> 00:00:46,650 Nobody has lost this war since no one has won it. 13 00:00:46,770 --> 00:00:47,930 Negotiate; the Emperor will cede. 14 00:00:49,250 --> 00:00:51,590 The encomiendas will keep beeing canceled. 15 00:00:51,670 --> 00:00:57,890 - This is ignominy! Infamy! - This is what you have provoked! 16 00:00:57,930 --> 00:01:01,650 I am going to marry. The Inftanta of Portugal. My cousin Maria Manuela. 17 00:01:01,810 --> 00:01:03,490 Just a little more. 18 00:01:03,510 --> 00:01:05,530 - It is a boy. - And the Princess? 19 00:01:05,770 --> 00:01:07,590 You are stronger than you think. 20 00:01:08,770 --> 00:01:10,690 Her name is Barbara Blomberg. 21 00:01:12,370 --> 00:01:16,410 - Where have you brought me? - To the best corner of your empire. 22 00:01:16,450 --> 00:01:19,450 Do you remember my son Maximilian? 23 00:01:19,490 --> 00:01:22,530 Milan will be for Prince Philip. 24 00:01:22,570 --> 00:01:25,850 Everything will be his son's! Even the Duchy of Milan! One humiliation after the other! 25 00:01:27,890 --> 00:01:30,410 What have you done, you fool? 26 00:01:30,450 --> 00:01:34,690 I have to write to Philip. We need money in order to face the rebels. 27 00:02:06,130 --> 00:02:09,290 The Succession 28 00:02:37,130 --> 00:02:40,530 Let the Imperial army encamp on the other side of the river. 29 00:02:40,890 --> 00:02:44,370 With the bridges destroyed, they could never cross it! 30 00:02:44,490 --> 00:02:46,570 Never! 31 00:02:47,690 --> 00:02:51,090 We will see who laughs last at the end of the day. 32 00:02:52,570 --> 00:02:54,290 For the Emperor. 33 00:02:59,930 --> 00:03:02,730 For the Emperor! 34 00:03:25,450 --> 00:03:28,410 Retreat! Retreat! 35 00:03:48,970 --> 00:03:52,770 - Do it quickly. - I will not kill an unarmed enemy. 36 00:03:52,890 --> 00:03:55,250 Especially one as valuable as you. 37 00:03:55,930 --> 00:04:02,570 Take him to the Emperor. And tell him that Mühlberg will see this night the defeat of the Protestants. 38 00:04:15,170 --> 00:04:23,510 The Imperials have taken Frederick prisoner. I should report our treaty before the Prince does. 39 00:04:25,530 --> 00:04:29,850 - I will present myself before my uncle. - Shut up, you fool. You will not do such a thing. 40 00:04:29,970 --> 00:04:31,650 - You are not to blame for anything. - You are my son! 41 00:04:32,270 --> 00:04:35,890 - My fate is bound to yours. - Except the hour of succeeding you! 42 00:04:36,010 --> 00:04:40,210 Look what a crossroad we have arrived to because of not controlling your ambition. 43 00:04:40,890 --> 00:04:43,250 Do you call it ambition, defending my rights? 44 00:04:43,370 --> 00:04:48,050 I will reclaim them before the Emperor but you will obtain nothing with treason! 45 00:04:49,450 --> 00:04:51,970 Now, I have to seal Frederick's mouth. 46 00:04:54,650 --> 00:04:56,610 Only one way comes into my mind. 47 00:05:00,170 --> 00:05:02,130 Are you ready to do so? 48 00:05:06,810 --> 00:05:09,650 I will do the impossible to save us. 49 00:05:09,770 --> 00:05:12,450 I hope you will know how to repay. 50 00:05:18,170 --> 00:05:26,850 I was dawn. The Spaniards crossed the river by a shallow, with swords between their teeth, with arquebuses aloft. 51 00:05:26,950 --> 00:05:33,210 I followed them a bit later, riding on horse next to my brother, persecuting the enemy. 52 00:05:33,270 --> 00:05:36,610 That will be the moment I will immortalize. 53 00:05:36,890 --> 00:05:40,370 You on your horse. 54 00:05:40,770 --> 00:05:42,130 Alone? 55 00:05:42,250 --> 00:05:45,810 Is it not the way you govern the Empire? 56 00:05:50,730 --> 00:05:52,210 Brother. 57 00:05:52,810 --> 00:05:55,610 We will continue tomorrow. 58 00:06:04,290 --> 00:06:07,410 Frederick of Saxony asked for an audience. 59 00:06:07,650 --> 00:06:10,290 Make sure that he gets to the Court safe and sound. 60 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:14,210 No one should say that I didn't listen to a convict before executing him. 61 00:06:14,410 --> 00:06:19,170 Battered shards of glass! Those seem to be in my leg. 62 00:06:19,290 --> 00:06:21,890 We have triumphed. Now you can rest. 63 00:06:22,010 --> 00:06:25,330 Finally, an empire in peace. United. 64 00:06:25,530 --> 00:06:27,650 And we have achieved it hand in hand. 65 00:06:28,250 --> 00:06:29,730 That is right. 66 00:06:30,330 --> 00:06:34,130 That is why, please, let us think about ensuring the future. 67 00:06:34,570 --> 00:06:36,930 Because that troubles me more than the present. 68 00:06:37,850 --> 00:06:43,010 We are brothers. Despite the tensions, we have lived in concord. 69 00:06:44,090 --> 00:06:46,530 Will our sons be able to do so? 70 00:06:47,050 --> 00:06:49,490 Maybe the years have made me too cautious. 71 00:06:49,610 --> 00:06:53,990 But think of the damages the ambition causes in the youth 72 00:06:54,110 --> 00:06:57,010 - if it is not guided into good bed. - Maximilian... 73 00:06:58,170 --> 00:07:00,610 He dreamed about seeing himself as Duke of Milan. 74 00:07:01,290 --> 00:07:07,090 Did he made a mistake by doing so, perhaps, when he will not even inherit the domains his father governs? 75 00:07:07,850 --> 00:07:11,090 It is not good that a young man with ambitions remains idle. 76 00:07:11,210 --> 00:07:12,770 It is not. 77 00:07:15,450 --> 00:07:17,090 I will think about what you are saying. 78 00:07:23,650 --> 00:07:28,570 A marriage will strengthen the concord between our families. 79 00:07:29,450 --> 00:07:31,890 Maximilian will marry my daughter Mary. 80 00:07:40,970 --> 00:07:42,690 Bloody gout! 81 00:07:43,050 --> 00:07:46,810 Do you want to welcome the Saxon in this state? 82 00:07:46,930 --> 00:07:49,570 It is not good if you present yourself before the enemy like this. 83 00:07:49,690 --> 00:07:52,730 Even if you have defeated him. 84 00:07:53,810 --> 00:07:55,490 I will postpone the audience. 85 00:07:56,090 --> 00:07:59,890 - More time for him to think his sin over. - Let me talk to him. 86 00:08:00,890 --> 00:08:03,810 Don't let the rumour get around that the Emperor is ill. 87 00:08:05,970 --> 00:08:07,770 You are right. 88 00:08:09,330 --> 00:08:11,250 Go and find out what he wants. 89 00:08:12,330 --> 00:08:15,250 Imperial Fort 90 00:08:22,490 --> 00:08:25,410 How much deference the Emperor shows towards me, 91 00:08:25,530 --> 00:08:29,730 - sending his brother to kill me! - Fair sentence for a traitor. 92 00:08:31,170 --> 00:08:36,290 They say the fear loosens the convicts' tongues on the scaffold. 93 00:08:36,650 --> 00:08:41,690 Will I also lose temperance and scream what should not be heard? 94 00:08:41,810 --> 00:08:45,330 I have not brought you here to serve your execution but to talk. 95 00:08:46,490 --> 00:08:48,290 Leave, everyone! 96 00:08:50,250 --> 00:08:51,810 You, too. 97 00:08:59,370 --> 00:09:01,730 I could kill you here and now, 98 00:09:03,290 --> 00:09:04,850 but I will not. 99 00:09:05,130 --> 00:09:07,950 For I have always behaved with honor. 100 00:09:08,130 --> 00:09:10,770 - What do you want from me, then? - Negotiating. 101 00:09:12,170 --> 00:09:17,770 I will intercede with the Emperor so that he gives quarter, in return of your silence. 102 00:09:18,170 --> 00:09:19,770 Nothing else? 103 00:09:19,970 --> 00:09:21,810 Does it seem a little to you? 104 00:09:22,730 --> 00:09:27,330 If I speak, my life will not be the only one lost. 105 00:09:28,330 --> 00:09:34,810 What will the Emperor do if he finds out that his nephew conspires against him and you are hiding it? 106 00:09:35,690 --> 00:09:38,330 Kill me... Kill me. 107 00:09:38,370 --> 00:09:43,250 And then cut the tongues, one by one, that could accuse you. 108 00:09:44,490 --> 00:09:47,810 Do you think, perhaps, that I am the only one who know the story? 109 00:09:51,050 --> 00:09:53,570 I am also man of honor. 110 00:09:53,690 --> 00:09:56,850 See to it that my death-warrant is revoked and I swear 111 00:09:56,930 --> 00:10:00,930 that neither I nor any of my men will reveal your secret. 112 00:10:51,770 --> 00:10:53,970 Don't be sad. 113 00:10:54,410 --> 00:10:56,530 God is punishing me 114 00:10:57,130 --> 00:10:59,730 for how much I have sinned. 115 00:11:01,610 --> 00:11:04,210 But I accept my fate. 116 00:11:09,690 --> 00:11:12,610 Your forgiveness is the only thing I need 117 00:11:14,410 --> 00:11:18,210 so that I could prensent myself in peace before the Almighty. 118 00:11:18,330 --> 00:11:20,610 I have given you that for a long while. 119 00:11:21,650 --> 00:11:23,890 Leave free of guilt. 120 00:11:28,650 --> 00:11:30,210 Son, 121 00:11:30,570 --> 00:11:32,450 come closer. 122 00:11:37,690 --> 00:11:41,650 Now my legacy rests on you. 123 00:11:43,570 --> 00:11:45,170 Swear 124 00:11:46,250 --> 00:11:49,970 that you will go against the Emperor's power. 125 00:11:50,410 --> 00:11:53,090 For France, swear to it. 126 00:11:53,210 --> 00:11:56,370 I swear. Don't worry. 127 00:12:41,690 --> 00:12:46,930 Let France cry for as many days as many years his glorious reign lasted. 128 00:12:49,610 --> 00:12:51,490 The King is dead. 129 00:12:51,850 --> 00:12:53,130 Long live the King! 130 00:12:54,350 --> 00:13:03,130 31 March 1547 131 00:13:09,290 --> 00:13:12,810 Do you want the Emperor to spare the life of the man who lead the revolt? 132 00:13:12,930 --> 00:13:17,210 The execution of Frederick of Saxony would be interpreted as vengeance against the Protestants. 133 00:13:17,770 --> 00:13:18,850 - Clemency... - If you don't punish them 134 00:13:18,970 --> 00:13:21,330 they will rebel against you again! 135 00:13:21,850 --> 00:13:24,690 Why are you showing so much endeavour to save him? 136 00:13:25,770 --> 00:13:28,130 What did he say to you so that you take sides with him? 137 00:13:28,250 --> 00:13:33,530 It is not him I am thinking of, but of ending this war with terrible consequences for the Empire! 138 00:13:33,550 --> 00:13:37,010 - The rebellion is suppressed. - The Prince's death would rekindle it. 139 00:13:37,130 --> 00:13:40,370 I have been magnanimous to those who have surrendered. 140 00:13:41,050 --> 00:13:45,590 If I do so with someone who doesn't respect my authority, what kind of message do I send to my enemies? 141 00:13:46,010 --> 00:13:48,410 That of the reconciliation. 142 00:13:49,530 --> 00:13:53,330 Because there is no loyalty gained by force. 143 00:13:54,370 --> 00:13:57,010 You want an empire in peace and united under one head. 144 00:13:57,130 --> 00:14:00,130 - It is the only one thing that guides my steps! - Listen to my requests, then! 145 00:14:00,250 --> 00:14:03,090 You will achieve your goal only if all Germany believes in you! 146 00:14:03,170 --> 00:14:04,770 Enough! 147 00:14:05,930 --> 00:14:08,050 I heard enough! 148 00:14:11,290 --> 00:14:13,730 Bring Frederick of Saxony to me. 149 00:14:33,770 --> 00:14:37,570 I have tolerated your grudge for years, for the Empire's sake. 150 00:14:38,010 --> 00:14:40,530 But you exhausted my patience. 151 00:14:41,290 --> 00:14:43,730 You defied my authority! 152 00:14:44,770 --> 00:14:47,570 You took up arms against the Empire! 153 00:14:48,490 --> 00:14:51,090 And you will get the punishment you deserve. 154 00:14:55,130 --> 00:14:58,450 However, I will not make you martyr of your cause. 155 00:15:00,690 --> 00:15:03,330 You will lose your electoral rank. 156 00:15:03,610 --> 00:15:07,650 And all and each one of your possessions in the Duchy of Saxony! 157 00:15:08,010 --> 00:15:12,490 Without army or income to arm yourselves, you will not be able to threaten me anymore. 158 00:15:12,510 --> 00:15:15,010 Do you want to take something from me that belongs to my family by rights? 159 00:15:15,130 --> 00:15:17,810 It is the price of your treason! 160 00:15:18,770 --> 00:15:21,410 Be thankful for staying alive. 161 00:15:24,650 --> 00:15:29,090 From now on, my only one desire will be to achieve the peace. 162 00:15:30,010 --> 00:15:32,210 I will place all my endeavour in that. 163 00:15:32,570 --> 00:15:34,130 Go! 164 00:15:46,170 --> 00:15:47,650 Your Majesty, 165 00:15:48,090 --> 00:15:50,450 the King of France is dead. 166 00:16:37,250 --> 00:16:40,050 For His Highness, the Most Christian King, Henry. 167 00:16:40,170 --> 00:16:45,650 My pain is great to learn the death of your father, my brother. 168 00:16:45,730 --> 00:16:49,090 We battled many times one against the other. 169 00:16:46,170 --> 00:16:52,530 But the respect we had for each other was also great. 170 00:16:52,650 --> 00:16:55,970 But let us forget about the faults of the past. 171 00:16:56,090 --> 00:17:02,010 Just like your reign starts today, it is my wish that France begins 172 00:17:02,130 --> 00:17:06,570 a new age of prosperity, encouraged be the concord between us. 173 00:17:08,570 --> 00:17:14,410 May God want it that the power he has given to the new king cure the wounds of France, too. 174 00:17:28,770 --> 00:17:30,730 The King touches you. 175 00:17:31,290 --> 00:17:32,850 God cures you. 176 00:17:44,090 --> 00:17:46,770 Don't fuel the memory too much. 177 00:17:47,530 --> 00:17:51,490 You have the opportunity to govern as you have always dreamed about. 178 00:17:51,610 --> 00:17:58,610 Difficult task when the enemy surrounds France and so our old splendor fades. 179 00:17:58,650 --> 00:17:59,650 It can still resuscitate. 180 00:18:00,890 --> 00:18:03,170 I know about the missive my brother sent to you. 181 00:18:03,210 --> 00:18:05,970 His will to build peace is sincere. 182 00:18:08,250 --> 00:18:13,170 Even if I am no longer queen I will help you to come to an agreement. 183 00:18:13,450 --> 00:18:15,090 Thank you for your support. 184 00:18:15,170 --> 00:18:17,970 You will not find better defender of the interests of France 185 00:18:18,090 --> 00:18:20,610 than someone who is in favour with the Emperor. 186 00:18:20,730 --> 00:18:22,850 And he is in favour with you. 187 00:18:22,970 --> 00:18:28,890 That is why I would not forgive myself if I retained you by my side when your heart wishes to be elsewhere. 188 00:18:29,970 --> 00:18:32,290 My place is by your side. 189 00:18:33,970 --> 00:18:36,490 I have always treated you with a mother's love. 190 00:18:36,530 --> 00:18:40,050 And I will not abandon you when you need my advice the most. 191 00:18:40,130 --> 00:18:46,490 I don't doubt your esteem towards me. But I do doubt your loyalty towards the King of France. 192 00:18:46,970 --> 00:18:49,170 That is why we have to say goodbye. 193 00:19:22,530 --> 00:19:26,050 Sister, how much I have wished for our reunion! 194 00:19:26,610 --> 00:19:28,250 Finally, you are here. 195 00:19:39,410 --> 00:19:41,130 Forgive me. 196 00:19:41,650 --> 00:19:45,610 I have failed you. You and the Empire. 197 00:19:47,730 --> 00:19:49,850 Get up, for God's sake! 198 00:19:52,290 --> 00:19:56,250 If anyone made a mistake, it was me, when I entrusted you to the King of France. 199 00:19:57,330 --> 00:19:59,370 You had to pay very dearly for being my sister. 200 00:19:59,490 --> 00:20:02,490 I had the hope that I could influence Henry. 201 00:20:02,930 --> 00:20:07,530 You have to take care, because he will follow the way marked by his father. 202 00:20:07,650 --> 00:20:10,050 He swore to it on his deathbed. 203 00:20:11,410 --> 00:20:13,610 Your words confirm what I suspected. 204 00:20:13,730 --> 00:20:16,010 Do you believe he will break the peace you signed? 205 00:20:16,090 --> 00:20:21,690 I hope he will be wiser than his father. Even if what has to be will be. 206 00:20:22,090 --> 00:20:24,050 But you have already complied. 207 00:20:26,290 --> 00:20:28,930 Now it is your turn to live in peace. 208 00:20:31,890 --> 00:20:36,010 Stay with me, then. And let us get back the time we lost. 209 00:20:38,690 --> 00:20:40,730 Marry my cousin? 210 00:20:41,010 --> 00:20:44,330 Is this the favour my uncle is disposed to give to me? 211 00:20:45,170 --> 00:20:48,090 Do you not see, perhaps, how fortunate you have been? 212 00:20:49,490 --> 00:20:54,330 Think of the advantages of that marriage. It gets you closer to the Emperor. 213 00:20:55,090 --> 00:20:58,250 Maybe it will be the prelude of other favours. 214 00:20:58,330 --> 00:21:02,170 While they don't have the Imperial seal and your brother's signature... 215 00:21:02,250 --> 00:21:05,770 Death sentences have similar appearance! 216 00:21:06,370 --> 00:21:09,690 Do you think so light of the risk I am taking for you? 217 00:21:11,330 --> 00:21:14,730 If you don't obey me, don't count on my protection anymore. 218 00:21:15,010 --> 00:21:18,810 You will go to Spain. 219 00:21:16,930 --> 00:21:21,370 It is His Majesty's wish that you meet your wife there. 220 00:21:33,090 --> 00:21:36,170 I thank God that I see you up again. 221 00:21:36,770 --> 00:21:38,410 Eleanor's return and your company have been better than any remedy. 222 00:21:41,410 --> 00:21:45,690 If your recovery goes on, you will be able to attend your daughter's wedding. 223 00:21:45,810 --> 00:21:47,690 It will not be possible. 224 00:21:48,210 --> 00:21:50,970 Will you meet her when she comes with her husband? 225 00:21:51,570 --> 00:21:53,610 Maximilian will not come back. 226 00:21:53,730 --> 00:21:57,210 Because I have decided to give him the Regency of Spain. 227 00:21:59,170 --> 00:22:03,290 You nephew will be thankful for the beau geste. 228 00:22:04,810 --> 00:22:08,490 But will your son not be upset if he finds himself removed? 229 00:22:08,770 --> 00:22:11,370 Philip and Maximilian are still very young. 230 00:22:11,490 --> 00:22:15,370 Don't fear. What I have in mind will satisfy everyone. 231 00:22:15,450 --> 00:22:18,970 It will let me have you closer so that I can enjoy your counsel. 232 00:23:02,690 --> 00:23:08,150 So it is true. You have taken the robe of the Society of Jesus. 233 00:23:08,210 --> 00:23:13,210 Free from earthly ties, I finally listened to a call I always felt inside. 234 00:23:13,330 --> 00:23:15,690 You undertake a tough journey. 235 00:23:17,330 --> 00:23:22,350 May God want it that you don't cross men as heartless as those I have found. 236 00:23:22,450 --> 00:23:25,370 I know about your resignation of the Bishopric of Chiapas. 237 00:23:25,490 --> 00:23:30,170 There it is not possible anymore to defend some rights that everyone ignores and despises. 238 00:23:30,370 --> 00:23:32,890 They do so with His Majesty's approval. 239 00:23:33,570 --> 00:23:37,850 Or those tyrants who want to be kings evade his authority. 240 00:23:38,530 --> 00:23:40,970 You have come back looking for answers. 241 00:23:41,410 --> 00:23:44,090 And the Emperor is the only one who can give them to me. 242 00:23:45,330 --> 00:23:50,210 His Majesty has gone for a long time. His obligations in the Empire require his presence. 243 00:23:51,090 --> 00:23:52,650 Don't fear. 244 00:23:52,850 --> 00:23:55,290 I will get you an audience with his son. 245 00:23:56,610 --> 00:23:59,070 May God want it that he listens to your demands. 246 00:23:59,090 --> 00:24:02,330 I hope he does, for everyone's sake. 247 00:24:09,330 --> 00:24:13,290 And in the end, on Saturday of Easter, the Dominican brothers and I performed the last mass 248 00:24:13,410 --> 00:24:16,090 before we left Chiapas, 249 00:24:16,210 --> 00:24:20,490 where the encomenderos denied us even the wheat to feed ourselves. 250 00:24:22,210 --> 00:24:27,490 I will not justify the mistreatment, but I have learned that you called them 251 00:24:27,650 --> 00:24:31,370 people of little respect and heart confirmed in bad. 252 00:24:32,210 --> 00:24:35,530 A wrong behaviour doesn't improve with soft words, Your Majesty. 253 00:24:35,610 --> 00:24:38,010 Neither convince the harsher ones. 254 00:24:39,490 --> 00:24:43,210 Your Majesty, there are no obedience in those lands for the laws of the Crown. 255 00:24:43,330 --> 00:24:45,850 And you are the only one who can enforce it. 256 00:24:45,970 --> 00:24:49,850 It doesn't benefit us in anything if our subjects rebel against us. 257 00:24:50,370 --> 00:24:54,230 The Crown restored the encomiendas looking for peace and equilibrium. 258 00:24:54,350 --> 00:24:59,170 And we expect you, Friar Bartolomé, to look after justice and also 259 00:24:59,270 --> 00:25:02,650 - look after peace. - Peace? What kind of peace? 260 00:25:03,490 --> 00:25:09,330 You should see with your own eyes the abuses and atrocities they commit there. 261 00:25:09,490 --> 00:25:12,570 The Spaniards' cruelty is so huge that, for running from it, 262 00:25:12,690 --> 00:25:17,050 husbands and wives are hanged, and so are their children, with them. 263 00:25:17,270 --> 00:25:21,210 - Forgive his vehemence, Your Majesty. - Your Majesty, that violence must be restrained. 264 00:25:21,330 --> 00:25:25,770 If it is not, it will end up falling on us who preach. 265 00:25:26,450 --> 00:25:28,330 On what do you build to make such a prophecy? 266 00:25:28,450 --> 00:25:33,210 Before I left the Bishop of Nicaragua confessed that he had received threats. 267 00:25:33,810 --> 00:25:36,410 - He fears for his life. - If anything happens to him, 268 00:25:36,530 --> 00:25:40,170 the attackers will respond before the Crown. You can be sure. 269 00:25:40,290 --> 00:25:46,290 And do the Indians not deserve the same protection, who are also your subjects? 270 00:25:46,490 --> 00:25:49,530 His Majesty will know about the things you have told. 271 00:25:49,730 --> 00:25:52,570 - You can be sure. - I will wait. 272 00:25:53,170 --> 00:25:59,050 But my voice will not stop denouncing the abuses to those poor souls. 273 00:26:09,250 --> 00:26:13,370 The Crown fears the encomenderos' power more than God's judgement. 274 00:26:13,490 --> 00:26:16,570 The Emperor promulgated some laws and I will obligate him to observe them. 275 00:26:16,690 --> 00:26:20,010 There is something I should have told you. 276 00:26:21,330 --> 00:26:28,210 A text that confutes your arguments one by one waits for the licence of the Council of the Indies, in order to be printed. 277 00:26:28,350 --> 00:26:30,490 A text? Who is the writer? 278 00:26:30,610 --> 00:26:34,410 A priest. Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, the King's chronicler. 279 00:26:34,530 --> 00:26:36,810 The King's chronicler... Have you read it? 280 00:26:37,090 --> 00:26:39,690 I know it defends the encomiendas. 281 00:26:39,970 --> 00:26:45,570 And it claims that the war against the Indians is just, since they are barbarians and cannibals. 282 00:26:46,210 --> 00:26:48,490 Does the Emperor have knowledge of this? 283 00:26:48,610 --> 00:26:51,930 I believe the Corwn doesn't wish to restore the New Laws, 284 00:26:53,330 --> 00:26:56,970 and wants to justify the suspension with legal arguments. 285 00:26:58,210 --> 00:27:01,930 That will only do that it redoubles my efforts. 286 00:27:40,050 --> 00:27:41,770 Welcome. 287 00:27:42,050 --> 00:27:44,330 We longed for your arrival, cousin. 288 00:27:44,530 --> 00:27:48,330 It was a long journey to get to know the one who has to be my wife. 289 00:27:48,690 --> 00:27:50,890 Let me present you to her. 290 00:27:51,250 --> 00:27:53,050 Infanta Mary. 291 00:27:55,250 --> 00:27:58,330 I have learned that you are great lover of goldsmith works. 292 00:27:59,330 --> 00:28:02,330 I hope this present takes your fancy. 293 00:28:10,010 --> 00:28:11,610 Thank you. 294 00:28:12,530 --> 00:28:15,850 For my part, I hope it satisfies you being Queen of Bohemia, 295 00:28:15,930 --> 00:28:18,970 since my father has given me the title. 296 00:28:20,290 --> 00:28:23,370 The Emperor gives you his most valuable treasure. 297 00:28:29,810 --> 00:28:33,210 Return this great honour by looking after her as she deserves. 298 00:29:00,130 --> 00:29:02,890 You will not see skies like this in Austria. 299 00:29:03,490 --> 00:29:07,930 But we have mountains from which you can reach the sky with your hand. 300 00:29:10,450 --> 00:29:12,970 Let us enjoy this moment of calm. 301 00:29:13,330 --> 00:29:18,170 This day will be long. So will the celebrations of the next ones. 302 00:29:18,290 --> 00:29:23,850 I would not like my nuptials to be too long. I wish to assume the regency as soon as possible. 303 00:29:23,970 --> 00:29:25,370 There is no hurry. 304 00:29:26,370 --> 00:29:30,330 Let me disagree. The sooner I get to know the affairs of the kingdom, 305 00:29:30,450 --> 00:29:32,970 - the better for the Crown. - Don't worry. 306 00:29:33,090 --> 00:29:36,970 You will not have to make any decisions. The council will take over everything. 307 00:29:37,290 --> 00:29:39,690 And if it is necessary, they will ask for His Majesty's instructions. 308 00:29:40,770 --> 00:29:43,770 Have you not governed, perhaps, being regent? 309 00:29:43,850 --> 00:29:48,490 Of course I have. I suggest you trust Monsignor Granvela. 310 00:29:48,610 --> 00:29:51,290 I will promptly leave for the Low Countries. 311 00:29:51,410 --> 00:29:53,770 I have to get to know those lands before I govern them. 312 00:29:53,890 --> 00:29:56,410 Are you going to take our aunt's place? 313 00:29:56,850 --> 00:29:59,290 That is how my father has disposed. Yes. 314 00:30:00,450 --> 00:30:05,050 So while you prepare yourself to govern, I have nothing to do in Spain! 315 00:30:05,230 --> 00:30:09,130 Everyone gives his service in its time and on its place. 316 00:30:09,650 --> 00:30:11,530 Entertain the thought. 317 00:30:43,890 --> 00:30:45,930 Amen. 318 00:31:31,170 --> 00:31:34,410 I wished my day had ended with you alone. 319 00:31:34,850 --> 00:31:37,210 You were so beautiful... 320 00:31:43,250 --> 00:31:45,130 You will leave soon. 321 00:31:46,450 --> 00:31:48,650 And my days will become empty. 322 00:31:50,530 --> 00:31:53,450 Neither you nor I know when we see each other again. 323 00:31:55,810 --> 00:31:58,810 We will not be so far from each other. 324 00:31:59,330 --> 00:32:02,850 Or do you not keep me in your heart? 325 00:32:04,450 --> 00:32:06,650 You know I do. 326 00:32:07,570 --> 00:32:09,850 But I have never dreamed about the impossible. 327 00:32:10,610 --> 00:32:13,930 - And one day you will marry again. - I want you to accompany me. 328 00:32:19,570 --> 00:32:21,610 You don't know what you are saying. 329 00:32:24,290 --> 00:32:26,730 You will be with me come what may. 330 00:32:28,450 --> 00:32:31,290 No matter what direction my life takes. 331 00:32:34,290 --> 00:32:36,050 I love you. 332 00:32:37,290 --> 00:32:39,050 I love you. 333 00:33:04,130 --> 00:33:06,090 What happened, husband? 334 00:33:08,690 --> 00:33:10,810 Is it that I am not to your taste? 335 00:33:12,730 --> 00:33:14,570 I have been swindled. 336 00:33:15,130 --> 00:33:18,090 What are you saying? Why? 337 00:33:21,410 --> 00:33:23,690 The regency has only one goal. 338 00:33:24,050 --> 00:33:26,570 Taking me away from the place where they decide all. 339 00:33:26,930 --> 00:33:29,130 That is how His Majesty has planned. 340 00:33:29,570 --> 00:33:31,850 You see intrigues where there are not any. 341 00:33:32,610 --> 00:33:37,010 What you should do is that you use this opportunity to gain his trust. 342 00:33:37,170 --> 00:33:39,490 He is your father and you idolize him. I don't expect that... 343 00:33:39,650 --> 00:33:45,410 The devotion and respect I feel for him would never blind me so much. 344 00:33:58,730 --> 00:34:04,730 I would not like to spend my wedding night speaking about my father. 345 00:34:47,330 --> 00:34:50,730 Father, bitter surprise waited for me in Spain. 346 00:34:50,810 --> 00:34:55,130 Your endevour that I gain the Emperor's favour has just brought me another humiliation. 347 00:34:55,490 --> 00:34:58,490 His Majesty mocks at my endeavors. 348 00:35:37,370 --> 01:10:39,740 Is that how you expected to satisfy everyone? 349 00:35:02,450 --> 00:35:08,250 Ferdinand received Maximilian's complaints and I got our brother's who doesn't understand why you make orts of his son. 350 00:35:08,610 --> 00:35:12,090 Why do you give him the regency if you don't want him to govern? 351 00:35:13,090 --> 00:35:16,490 I know what I am doing. I assure you. 352 00:35:16,930 --> 00:35:22,810 Do I have to guess your intentions? You ask me advice but you don't share your thoughts with me. 353 00:35:22,930 --> 00:35:27,170 Philip will join me soon. Then we will discuss the matters that trouble you. 354 00:35:27,270 --> 00:35:30,170 - The more you linger the bigger the unrest is. - Enough! 355 00:35:31,890 --> 00:35:35,610 Everything will be cleared and there will be no more doubt. 356 00:35:37,930 --> 00:35:40,170 Be patient and trust me. 357 00:36:03,890 --> 00:36:07,850 When you leave Genoa you will go to Trento. 358 00:36:07,970 --> 00:36:11,010 That will be your last stop before you go to Munich. 359 00:36:11,050 --> 00:36:13,690 We will repeat all this later. 360 00:36:32,210 --> 00:36:36,730 - The journey to Flanders will be long. - My father would like me to become known. 361 00:36:36,850 --> 00:36:40,330 And to measure those who I will have to deal with. 362 00:36:40,450 --> 00:36:43,890 You are going to present yourself to half of Europe. 363 00:36:45,530 --> 00:36:48,490 It would not be good to show your weaknesses. 364 00:36:49,970 --> 00:36:51,930 I should not go with you. 365 00:36:56,370 --> 00:37:00,650 - What will they think when they see me with you? - It matters a little to me. 366 00:37:01,170 --> 00:37:02,810 I will tell you. 367 00:37:03,290 --> 00:37:05,250 There she is, the King's whore. 368 00:37:05,410 --> 00:37:08,250 I will tear out the tongue of the person who says such wickedness. 369 00:37:10,330 --> 00:37:12,330 I love you as much... 370 00:37:12,530 --> 00:37:14,330 as you love me. 371 00:37:15,250 --> 00:37:17,770 But my place is not beside you. 372 00:37:18,050 --> 00:37:19,770 And you know that. 373 00:37:21,290 --> 00:37:25,730 I am just waiting for you to come back into my arms when it is possible. 374 00:37:28,050 --> 00:37:29,730 Always. 375 00:37:29,890 --> 00:37:32,730 I will always have you in my heart. Always. 376 00:38:01,290 --> 00:38:06,410 Surprised by so much honour. I would say we expect the Emperor in person. 377 00:38:06,530 --> 00:38:08,810 It is the first time our nephew visits us. 378 00:38:08,930 --> 00:38:11,370 He has never left Spain before. 379 00:38:11,530 --> 00:38:15,450 Has he been welcomed in Venice and Bologna with triumphal arches like Caesar? 380 00:38:15,490 --> 00:38:20,570 Ferdinand, don't feed your grievances and let us welcome him kindly. 381 00:38:21,250 --> 00:38:24,570 Your doubts will be cleared. 382 00:38:30,730 --> 00:38:32,650 My dear aunts! 383 00:38:35,290 --> 00:38:36,810 Ferdinand. 384 00:38:38,690 --> 00:38:40,250 And my father? 385 00:38:40,730 --> 00:38:42,410 Is he not here to welcome me? 386 00:38:56,050 --> 00:38:58,490 I didn't expect to find you in this state. 387 00:39:00,130 --> 00:39:03,250 My pains are more tenacious than my enemies. 388 00:39:03,770 --> 00:39:05,770 But I will beat them, too. 389 00:39:06,050 --> 00:39:11,290 Did I not defeat the Protestants despite the fact that you denied me the money I asked of you? 390 00:39:13,930 --> 00:39:16,010 And I am not sorry, Father. 391 00:39:17,010 --> 00:39:19,850 You expect me to become a good ruler. 392 00:39:22,010 --> 00:39:28,050 So you will understand that I am not guided by my emotions but by the interest of my kingdoms. 393 00:39:29,330 --> 00:39:31,290 The answer is correct. 394 00:39:31,730 --> 00:39:33,290 I admit it. 395 00:39:34,530 --> 00:39:37,010 I am glad to have you with me. 396 00:39:44,050 --> 00:39:49,410 You have to know that the victory against the princes has not solved our problems. 397 00:39:49,930 --> 00:39:52,490 Have you seen your Uncle Ferdinand? 398 00:39:54,530 --> 00:39:57,850 He is here to discuss our family's future. 399 00:39:58,290 --> 00:40:02,330 Before we come to that, it is necessary that you and I agree. 400 00:40:05,730 --> 00:40:11,770 Nothing is more important than assuring the continuity of the Habsburgs on the head of the Empire. 401 00:40:11,890 --> 00:40:14,730 But times change quickly. 402 00:40:15,530 --> 00:40:20,330 We need new opinions to keep it in our hands. 403 00:40:22,090 --> 00:40:28,850 As you know, I wish to train my son Philip fiam to govern different lands. 404 00:40:29,290 --> 00:40:31,130 That is why I am applying to you. 405 00:40:33,050 --> 00:40:35,050 How can I help you? 406 00:40:36,130 --> 00:40:42,290 By renouncing willingly, because I have decided to make him King of the Romans. 407 00:40:42,530 --> 00:40:45,130 Brother, you are making two mistakes. 408 00:40:45,890 --> 00:40:51,570 The first is that you place such an excessive burden on shoulders so young. And the oth... 409 00:40:51,650 --> 00:40:54,410 - Do you not find me capable, perhaps? - Philip. 410 00:40:55,730 --> 00:41:03,090 The second and more graver one is that you teach your successor that loyalty and sacrifice are worth nothing. 411 00:41:03,230 --> 00:41:05,010 Because the only thing that matters is your will. 412 00:41:05,530 --> 00:41:08,970 It saddens me that you interpret it this way. 413 00:41:09,010 --> 00:41:13,930 No sovereign has ever united under his command domains so vast and diverse. 414 00:41:14,850 --> 00:41:21,010 Their unity will remain guaranteed only if they lie on one head at the time of my death. 415 00:41:21,190 --> 00:41:24,330 Is that why it is necessary to humiliate me, taking the title away from me in my life? 416 00:41:24,410 --> 00:41:28,090 My moment has come. I ask you to clear the way. 417 00:41:33,330 --> 00:41:35,010 Now I see. 418 00:41:37,650 --> 00:41:41,930 Everything has been agreed beforehand. Mary is right. 419 00:41:42,690 --> 00:41:46,010 You have taught your son a bitter lesson. 420 00:41:46,130 --> 00:41:49,490 You and I have to serve the Emperor with identical will. 421 00:41:49,730 --> 00:41:54,090 I just hope you will be by my side, advising me in every moment. 422 00:41:55,970 --> 00:42:01,070 You offend Maximilian, taking him away from me to make him a puppet. 423 00:42:01,190 --> 00:42:03,170 And do you want me to be your son's mentor? 424 00:42:03,210 --> 00:42:05,490 All of us have made sacrifices! 425 00:42:05,890 --> 00:42:09,250 I ask you and Maximilian sanity and patience. 426 00:42:09,290 --> 00:42:15,890 God, who is above all of us, will judge your deeds. You will have to respond before Him. 427 00:42:24,530 --> 00:42:27,250 Ferdinand, wait! Please. 428 00:42:29,410 --> 00:42:32,890 - Did you know anything of this? - No. 429 00:42:33,530 --> 00:42:35,850 Please don't go. 430 00:42:36,290 --> 00:42:38,810 Help me bring Charles to reason. 431 00:42:38,930 --> 00:42:44,250 Have you not heard, perhaps? Everything is decided, agreed and imposed. 432 00:42:44,370 --> 00:42:46,890 His Majesty has not thought of the consequences! 433 00:42:47,010 --> 00:42:48,970 What do you want to say? 434 00:42:51,730 --> 00:42:56,330 Don't make thing more comlicated. Please. 435 00:42:59,010 --> 00:43:01,770 Pray to God so that he doesn't have to regret. 436 00:43:10,050 --> 00:43:11,770 You have nothing to fear. 437 00:43:12,770 --> 00:43:16,170 You will soon make sure that every stroke has made the picture. 438 00:43:16,450 --> 00:43:18,170 I assure you. 439 00:43:32,130 --> 00:43:39,050 You, who looks after the future so much, imagine that the Lord takes you away today. 440 00:43:39,890 --> 00:43:41,610 God forbid. 441 00:43:41,930 --> 00:43:44,650 Is this the legacy you would like to leave behind? 442 00:43:45,090 --> 00:43:47,370 A family doomed to rupture. 443 00:43:47,450 --> 00:43:51,370 My mission in this world is only one. I cannot think of siblings or... 444 00:43:51,490 --> 00:43:54,570 - It is the first thing you should think of! - I wish I could! 445 00:43:58,530 --> 00:44:01,690 I feel that my strength wanes day after day. 446 00:44:03,810 --> 00:44:08,330 And, since we are all mortals, I have to leave my things done and well done. 447 00:44:08,450 --> 00:44:11,450 No one doubts that, Your Majesty. 448 00:44:11,730 --> 00:44:19,730 But God forbid that, because of your obstinacy, the Habsburgs, we end up in arms against each other. 449 00:44:34,730 --> 00:44:36,810 My very beloved son, 450 00:44:37,530 --> 00:44:42,090 the Emperor has put you to the test, entrusting you with the regency. 451 00:44:45,290 --> 00:44:48,970 Don't think that your presence in Spain is useless. 452 00:44:49,090 --> 00:44:54,170 Because, on the contrary, it offers you the occasion to show your uncle and everyone how much you are worth. 453 00:44:54,610 --> 00:44:56,650 Not a few people have protested for it... 454 00:44:56,770 --> 00:45:00,410 I ask you not to let you be led by desires and passions. 455 00:45:00,490 --> 00:45:04,810 Be patient. Temperance should be your counselor. 456 00:45:04,930 --> 00:45:09,290 Dedicate yourself to the regency, and be far from the enemies of the Empire. 457 00:45:09,410 --> 00:45:13,290 I assure you, your services will be paid. 458 00:45:16,730 --> 00:45:23,570 They said these fruits from the Indies soothe the gout but they are hardly comestible. 459 00:45:25,490 --> 00:45:28,490 There is a matter I left open in Spain. 460 00:45:28,890 --> 00:45:30,490 Tell me. 461 00:45:30,610 --> 00:45:32,490 De las Casas has come back from the Indies, demanding 462 00:45:32,610 --> 00:45:35,930 that the encomiendas and the slavery of the Indians should be eradicated. 463 00:45:36,010 --> 00:45:41,570 And, thanks to his influence in the Council of the Indies, they stopped the publication of Sepúlveda's book. 464 00:45:43,570 --> 00:45:45,770 Do you believe in the things he preaches? 465 00:45:47,730 --> 00:45:54,410 If we apply those laws, the colonists and the Indian authorities will rebel against the Crown. 466 00:45:54,610 --> 00:45:56,410 It has already happened in Peru. 467 00:45:58,450 --> 00:46:04,690 Those words have touched many. Including my conscience. 468 00:46:04,750 --> 00:46:07,530 He, on the contrary, attacks us without any remorse. 469 00:46:07,810 --> 00:46:10,410 In one of his last writings, he questions the legitimacy 470 00:46:10,530 --> 00:46:13,450 - of our rights of conquest. - What? 471 00:46:13,530 --> 00:46:16,170 He has successfully cast doubts on the validity of Pope Alexander's bull. 472 00:46:16,290 --> 00:46:20,250 What does he want? To make the conquest illegal? 473 00:46:21,090 --> 00:46:23,050 He has gone too far! 474 00:46:23,970 --> 00:46:26,970 Silencing him by force would leave the Crown in evidence. 475 00:46:27,090 --> 00:46:29,770 No. That is not the way. 476 00:46:30,330 --> 00:46:34,130 We will leave it in the hands of the wise ones. I will convoke a tribunal of theologians. 477 00:46:34,210 --> 00:46:37,690 Let them hear De las Casas and Sepúlveda and decide who is right. 478 00:46:37,810 --> 00:46:39,370 It will be done. 479 00:46:40,930 --> 00:46:44,250 Your Majesty, you have commanded to call me. 480 00:46:44,370 --> 00:46:45,850 I have. 481 00:46:47,130 --> 00:46:49,370 Keep me informed about everything. 482 00:46:55,250 --> 00:46:59,610 Thank you for having disposed of Philip's travel to the southern provinces. 483 00:47:00,770 --> 00:47:04,970 He will have to meet their nobles if he is going to govern the Low Countries. 484 00:47:18,210 --> 00:47:24,210 Your words keep tormenting me. Not their severity but their rightfulness. 485 00:47:26,450 --> 00:47:29,610 I have thought it over and I believe I was unfair to our brother. 486 00:47:30,210 --> 00:47:33,290 Protecting the unity of the Empire obsesses me. 487 00:47:33,890 --> 00:47:36,170 Maybe that is why I have overshot the mark. 488 00:47:37,290 --> 00:47:39,610 Are you going to negotiate about another solution? 489 00:47:39,890 --> 00:47:41,610 Willingly. 490 00:47:41,810 --> 00:47:47,130 I summoned Maximilian but I am afraid Ferdinand will not pay attention to my petition. 491 00:47:49,250 --> 00:47:51,850 Let me try to convince him. 492 00:47:52,290 --> 00:47:53,850 Are you sure? 493 00:47:55,010 --> 00:47:57,450 I would not like grudges between him and you. 494 00:47:57,810 --> 00:47:59,770 I know how to talk to him. 495 00:48:01,090 --> 00:48:03,050 Let me try it. 496 00:48:06,450 --> 00:48:08,330 I give you my blessing. 497 00:48:09,330 --> 00:48:11,610 And I beg God to listen to you. 498 00:48:29,890 --> 00:48:33,050 No. I will not go and meet His Majesty. 499 00:48:33,130 --> 00:48:36,330 Charles is sorry. Don't persist in continuing the insult. 500 00:48:36,410 --> 00:48:39,850 - And you don't want me to forget it. - But if your own son has accepted 501 00:48:39,970 --> 00:48:42,490 to attend the meeting with the Emperor. 502 00:48:43,570 --> 00:48:46,330 Did he turn to him before to me? 503 00:48:47,010 --> 00:48:52,250 - What does he want? - Your reconciliation. What else could it be? 504 00:48:55,250 --> 00:49:01,050 Brother, we have fought for years against the French, the Turks, against the pope himself. 505 00:49:01,330 --> 00:49:06,230 But sometimes I fear that the disagreements will be the worst enemy of the Habsburgs. 506 00:49:06,350 --> 00:49:08,570 Mary, I have not provoked this. 507 00:49:16,050 --> 00:49:18,730 I know about all your renunciations. 508 00:49:20,450 --> 00:49:23,050 But I ask you one last sacrifice. 509 00:49:25,490 --> 00:49:28,010 Impede our family's rupture. 510 00:49:33,090 --> 00:49:36,090 I already have my argument sketched. 511 00:49:36,210 --> 00:49:40,330 I have checked Saint Thomas's texts and others' about natural right. 512 00:49:40,410 --> 00:49:42,490 I read without rest. 513 00:49:42,850 --> 00:49:46,010 These are the theologians who will form the jury. 514 00:49:47,890 --> 00:49:52,770 As you see, almost all of them like Sepúlveda's thesis. 515 00:49:55,330 --> 00:49:59,850 Then, the verdict has already been decided beforehand. 516 00:49:59,930 --> 00:50:02,170 No... It doesn't have to be that way. 517 00:50:03,250 --> 00:50:06,570 But you question the legitimacy of the conquest. 518 00:50:06,850 --> 00:50:08,970 The Crown defends itself. 519 00:50:09,250 --> 00:50:14,410 I don't know. There is no point to present my cause before such a tribunal. 520 00:50:14,530 --> 00:50:16,330 Don't talk like that. 521 00:50:16,850 --> 00:50:18,730 Don't quail. 522 00:50:21,210 --> 00:50:26,010 Maybe when my lady, the Queen was still alive she would have helped you somehow. 523 00:50:26,130 --> 00:50:28,970 We should not lament because of something that cannot be. 524 00:50:29,410 --> 00:50:33,370 Thank you for saving me from a useless effort. 525 00:50:52,930 --> 00:50:55,770 Thank you for attending my call. 526 00:50:56,850 --> 00:50:58,730 I have to ask your forgiveness. 527 00:51:10,930 --> 00:51:16,330 I was not fair to you when I asked you to renounce in favour of my son. 528 00:51:17,570 --> 00:51:19,530 I want to make amends for my mistake. 529 00:51:20,770 --> 00:51:23,290 You will keep being King of the Romans. 530 00:51:23,770 --> 00:51:26,890 But it is my wish to form your succession. 531 00:51:28,530 --> 00:51:32,890 As we once agreed, when you die Philip will inherit the Empire. 532 00:51:33,650 --> 00:51:36,250 You son will not be deserted. 533 00:51:36,530 --> 00:51:39,770 - His wishes will be satisfied. - I don't see how. 724 00:51:139,890 --> 00:51:44,810 If everything will be your son's: Spain, the Low Countries, the Empire. 534 00:51:44,930 --> 00:51:47,450 Maximilian will succeed Philip. 535 00:51:48,930 --> 00:51:52,170 The two branches of the family will take turns at having the Imperial Crown, 536 00:51:52,290 --> 00:51:55,530 - and nobody will be insulted. - What kind of joke is this? 537 00:51:55,650 --> 00:51:59,850 Philip and I are of the same age. How many years do you think I will live more than he? 538 00:51:59,930 --> 00:52:03,530 God is the only one who know how much time He gives to us. 539 00:52:03,650 --> 00:52:05,210 I accept! 540 00:52:05,890 --> 00:52:10,090 For our family's sake and for the unity of our domains. 541 00:52:11,410 --> 00:52:13,770 Let us sign the agreement, then. 542 00:52:13,890 --> 00:52:18,090 But swear that you will keep it in secret until the opportune moment. 543 00:52:21,490 --> 00:52:23,050 Are you leaving? 544 00:52:23,730 --> 00:52:27,530 Everything is decided! Nothing keeps me here now. 545 00:52:27,650 --> 00:52:29,530 Are you going back to Spain? 546 00:52:30,210 --> 00:52:31,850 No, my lord. 547 00:52:32,530 --> 00:52:34,810 Because I am not needed there either. 548 00:52:47,690 --> 00:52:51,290 As always, you have enforced your will. 549 00:52:53,010 --> 00:52:56,090 But concord cannot be gained by scams. 550 00:52:56,210 --> 00:52:58,250 Do you find me such a fool? 551 00:52:59,330 --> 00:53:06,210 You made me think that I could stop being King of the Romans to impose a less humiliating agreement on me. 552 00:53:06,690 --> 00:53:09,850 And I don't forgive you that. 553 00:53:09,970 --> 00:53:13,530 From now on, follow your path. 554 00:53:14,650 --> 00:53:16,490 I will follow mine. 555 00:53:26,970 --> 00:53:29,050 Are you letting him leave like that? 556 00:53:30,330 --> 00:53:32,090 He will change his mind. 557 00:53:33,090 --> 00:53:37,290 He knows it as well as we do that the family is above all. 558 00:53:42,850 --> 00:53:45,770 The predators protect their offspring better than you protect your son! 559 00:53:45,890 --> 00:53:48,890 I had no choice. Either ceding or breaking the family in two. 560 00:53:49,010 --> 00:53:53,050 - You have worked out my ruin! - I saved you from something much worse! 561 00:53:54,730 --> 00:53:58,250 You have always been the self-sacrificing, the unheeded one. 562 00:53:58,370 --> 00:54:02,930 You will be praised for having yourself subjected, but I will never accept such an unworthy inheritence! 563 00:54:11,330 --> 00:54:14,890 I have got your message. Is there news from the Emperor? 564 00:54:15,010 --> 00:54:18,730 No, but this letter has come from the Indies. 565 00:54:22,850 --> 00:54:25,050 The Bishop of Nicaragua. 566 00:54:25,690 --> 00:54:29,770 He was found dying on the street. Four stabs killed him. 567 00:54:32,930 --> 00:54:35,290 May God welcome him in His arms. 568 00:54:35,730 --> 00:54:38,170 - Can we know who was it? - No. 569 00:54:38,250 --> 00:54:40,090 I will tell you. 570 00:54:40,530 --> 00:54:48,010 Those vile encomenderos who don't hesitate to shed blood, even their brothers' blood, to keep their privileges. 571 00:54:48,110 --> 00:54:51,290 Then call out for that blood, for God's sake! 572 00:54:52,730 --> 00:54:54,730 A tribunal is waiting for you. 573 00:54:54,930 --> 00:54:57,370 Do you still give up on being listened? 574 00:55:24,930 --> 00:55:28,650 Venerated reverend gentlemen and fathers, 575 00:55:28,730 --> 00:55:34,170 Doctor Sepúlveda defends that the Spaniards' wars against the Indians were just, 576 00:55:35,010 --> 00:55:38,970 and that those were obligated to submit themselves to the Spaniards. 577 00:55:39,090 --> 00:55:43,010 But, by this, he defends the perdition and disgrace of infinite people. 578 00:55:45,570 --> 00:55:53,490 In this letter, I am informed of the assassination of the Bishop of Nicaragua, a just man amongst the others. 579 00:55:53,530 --> 00:55:58,490 The motive: he defended the natives of those lands. 580 00:55:59,650 --> 00:56:05,290 Because in the Indies life and honour are not preserved by doing good but by doing bad. 581 00:56:08,290 --> 00:56:15,610 The war against the natives is iniquitous and against the Christian religion. 582 00:56:15,690 --> 00:56:19,050 And today I am going to explain my arguments cost what it may. 583 00:56:30,770 --> 00:56:35,130 The Emperor has been really merciful to me, sparing my life. 584 00:56:35,650 --> 00:56:39,570 Do know that, in the future, the Emperor's son will govern the Empire. 585 00:56:39,650 --> 00:56:42,850 - A foreigner! - Do we have to abide such an imposition? 586 00:56:43,050 --> 00:56:47,930 Will you accept that the Spanish legions pitch in our cities 587 00:56:48,050 --> 00:56:51,770 - and behave like our masters? - Never. Neither papists nor Spaniards. 588 00:56:51,890 --> 00:56:55,930 Let us show the Caesar that we don't accept his tyranny. 589 00:56:56,050 --> 00:56:59,530 - Let us rebel against him again! - Willingly, but with what? 590 00:56:59,650 --> 00:57:01,610 We don't have the forces we used to have. 591 00:57:01,730 --> 00:57:08,490 Let us apply, then, to someone who has a filled treasury and yearns to defeat our enemy. 592 00:57:10,450 --> 00:57:13,610 Together we will succeed! Who is with me? 593 00:57:13,690 --> 00:57:15,290 I am! 594 00:57:19,410 --> 00:57:21,690 The Emperor is alone. 595 00:57:21,810 --> 00:57:24,970 The bigger part of his army went back to their homes. 596 00:57:25,410 --> 00:57:28,650 And the King of the Romans will not fight on his side. 597 00:57:28,730 --> 00:57:30,650 Now or never! 598 00:57:37,530 --> 00:57:39,610 Let us unite against the tyrant. 599 00:57:41,490 --> 00:57:46,530 I swear I will respect your independence of the power of Rome if you make me your ruler. 600 00:57:48,610 --> 00:57:50,330 What are you saying? 601 00:58:17,090 --> 00:58:19,770 I thought you were in your chambers, resting. 602 00:58:23,570 --> 00:58:25,850 You should look after yourself more in your state. 603 00:58:25,930 --> 00:58:29,850 Useless effort, when you cause me so much anxiety with your delay. 604 00:58:29,970 --> 00:58:33,050 Should I not attend to the obligations of my rank? 605 00:58:40,010 --> 00:58:44,410 You are avoiding me because of an offense against you I have not commited. 606 00:58:45,090 --> 00:58:47,050 Why are you so unfair? 607 00:58:51,570 --> 00:58:54,930 Let me be your comfort. 608 00:58:55,170 --> 00:58:57,850 Your pain is my pain. 609 00:59:00,530 --> 00:59:02,090 Swear to it. 610 00:59:02,690 --> 00:59:06,650 Assure me that if I confronted the Emperor you would take sides with me. 611 00:59:07,250 --> 00:59:10,370 Have you done something, perhaps, that deserves his reprobation? 612 00:59:13,090 --> 00:59:15,770 Speak! For God's sake, Maximilian. 613 00:59:17,490 --> 00:59:19,450 Forgive my clumsiness. 614 00:59:19,890 --> 01:58:20,020 My words are just fruit of my devotion for you. 615 00:59:25,650 --> 00:59:29,210 I fear I would lose you because of the open gap between your father and me. 616 00:59:29,810 --> 00:59:33,050 I could not bear that. At all. 617 00:59:45,970 --> 00:59:48,490 What can he offer me when he has nothing? 618 00:59:48,610 --> 00:59:52,330 Check it out. What do you lose if you hear him? 619 01:00:06,850 --> 01:00:14,410 Your Highness, the pain because of your father's death is only comparable to the happiness for seeing you on the throne. 620 01:00:14,510 --> 01:00:17,850 I hope to be worthy of his legacy. He was a great king. 621 01:00:17,930 --> 01:00:20,570 And a great friend of the German Princes. 622 01:00:20,690 --> 01:00:23,130 And it will be so forever, even if he is not here. 623 01:00:23,250 --> 01:00:29,590 Because you and I share the doubtful honor of having been the Emperor's prisoners. 624 01:00:30,210 --> 01:00:37,970 Then help to relieve us of his yoke and we will also share the honor and glory of defeating him. 625 01:00:38,130 --> 01:00:42,170 France will have to get something else, too, if you want us to finance this fight. 626 01:00:42,850 --> 02:00:47,260 Metz and Verdun, where the French flag waved once and now the belong to the Empire, 627 01:00:49,530 --> 01:00:52,010 would be deserved recompense. 832 01:00:252,290 --> 01:00:55,050 Very high price for our victory 628 01:00:55,410 --> 01:01:01,210 but fair for someone who does not only risk money but also men in the fight. 629 01:01:02,210 --> 01:01:06,730 The Most Christian King's standards united with those of the Protestants? 630 01:01:06,850 --> 01:01:11,290 Our armies are decimated. We will not defeat the Imperials alone. 631 01:01:11,410 --> 01:01:16,090 Not even with Maximilian, son of King of the Romans, on our side. 632 01:01:19,890 --> 01:01:26,210 Even if I am intent on finishing with the Emperor I will not risk the power of the Christendom for heretics. 633 01:01:26,370 --> 01:01:29,210 And for defending the German people's freedom? 634 01:01:34,050 --> 01:01:36,690 Be prudent. 635 01:01:36,850 --> 01:01:41,290 The alliance with the infidels brought complications in the past. 636 01:01:42,130 --> 01:01:44,730 I was always against his intrigues. 637 01:01:44,850 --> 01:01:47,690 But how could I reluct now when I can achieve what he longed for so much? 638 01:01:47,810 --> 01:01:50,410 Nothing guarantees you the success. Nothing. 639 01:01:50,530 --> 01:01:54,330 Don't risk your good relations with Rome for a dream. 640 01:01:54,450 --> 01:01:58,250 Settle on the throne! Gain your people's respect! 641 01:01:59,610 --> 01:02:03,610 The problems of the Empire occupy the Emperor. You will have nothing to fear. 642 01:02:03,930 --> 01:02:06,890 Only the judgement of history, Constable. 643 01:02:07,890 --> 01:02:12,170 Because it will never forgive me if I waste such a good occasion 644 01:02:12,330 --> 01:02:15,130 to finish with the biggest enemy of France. 645 01:02:17,650 --> 01:02:22,850 My father began his reign with a victory that garnered him the respect of all Europe. 646 01:02:23,330 --> 01:02:25,210 I have to do the same. 647 01:02:27,970 --> 01:02:32,010 Tell Frederick of Saxonynek that France will go and defend its allies. 648 01:02:41,090 --> 01:02:42,650 Go in peace. 649 01:02:44,130 --> 01:02:46,010 Please forgive me. 650 01:02:46,130 --> 01:02:50,090 These brothers are leaving for Chiapas and came for my blessing. 651 01:02:50,210 --> 01:02:54,490 I have instructed them myself to continue my work on those lands. 652 01:02:54,610 --> 01:03:00,330 Do know that the tribunal has requested that your 3 days of presentain would be summarized for investigation. 653 01:03:01,370 --> 01:03:04,410 So their verdict will delay more than expected. 654 01:03:04,530 --> 01:03:09,330 I don't wait for that anymore. It is enough that I have told what I believe just. 655 01:03:10,770 --> 01:03:13,530 - Are you going back to New Spain, then? - No. 656 01:03:13,930 --> 01:03:15,530 Not yet. 657 01:03:16,450 --> 01:03:20,490 I can do more for fighting against injustice here, near the Court, 658 01:03:20,610 --> 01:03:24,330 than there, to the mercy of the Indian authorities. 659 01:03:25,090 --> 01:03:28,010 May God accompany you in your venture. 660 01:03:28,130 --> 01:03:29,930 I will pray for you. 661 01:03:42,530 --> 01:03:44,170 Freedom? 662 01:03:45,290 --> 01:03:49,610 Mühlberg didn't serve as deterrent. The Protestants are rebelling again. 663 01:03:51,570 --> 01:03:54,650 They call the people to defend themselves against the foreigner. 664 01:03:54,850 --> 01:03:57,530 Against me! Against my son! 665 01:03:57,650 --> 01:04:04,430 The proclamation goes around the entire Empire. Whoever wrote it knows your succession pact. 666 01:04:07,450 --> 01:04:09,770 Only my brother or my nephew could reveal it. 667 01:04:11,730 --> 01:04:14,970 No matter how angry he was with me sometimes, Ferdinand has always been loyal to me. 668 01:04:15,090 --> 01:04:20,410 Your Majesty, in the past, he has already been tempted by the enemy. What makes you sure that he has not succumbed this time? 669 01:04:22,770 --> 01:04:24,490 My heart. 670 01:04:25,010 --> 01:04:27,930 I know it is not the guarantee a ruler needs. 671 01:04:30,290 --> 01:04:32,010 I will put him to the test. 672 01:04:32,930 --> 01:04:36,330 If I still have his loyalty he will fight on my side. 673 01:04:36,690 --> 01:04:43,370 Ride like a soul occupied by the devil. The fate of the Empire depends on that this letter reaches its destination. 674 01:04:51,090 --> 01:04:57,670 Your Majesty, your situation saddens me very much but the broken vessel cannot quench thirst anymore 675 01:04:57,890 --> 01:05:01,130 and only you are responsible for that. 676 01:05:01,250 --> 01:05:05,770 If you appreciate my opinion anyhow, negociate with your enemy. 677 01:05:05,890 --> 01:05:08,490 In that, you will find my help. 678 01:05:08,610 --> 01:05:12,730 But, as I warned you, I will not fight beside you anymore. 679 01:05:14,210 --> 01:05:22,490 I have learned that Maximilian, my nephew, my son-in-law, has joined the rebels. 680 01:05:23,250 --> 01:05:26,730 The loyal one will never find enough motive for treason. 681 01:05:26,850 --> 01:05:31,610 - Who has poison is his blood... - Don't take our brother Ferdinand with his son. 682 01:05:38,050 --> 01:05:40,970 Ferdinand's words are fruit of anger, not treason. 683 01:05:41,090 --> 01:05:45,130 - He is refusing to attend my call. - He avoids confronting his own son. 684 01:05:45,250 --> 01:05:48,810 Proof of it is that he is offering to mediate with the Princes. 685 01:05:50,690 --> 01:05:54,570 And what should I do now? Make my daughter a widow? 686 01:05:55,730 --> 01:06:00,090 - Take away a son from my brother? - Think it over, Charles, think it over. 687 01:06:00,210 --> 01:06:03,970 Think over your actions first! 688 01:06:05,130 --> 01:06:10,010 Or while you try to keep the Empire united you are going to ruin our family. 689 01:06:12,610 --> 01:06:14,170 Your Majesty, 690 01:06:15,730 --> 01:06:18,010 France has invaded Lorraine. 691 01:06:18,850 --> 01:06:21,770 King Henry has quickly followed his father's steps, 692 01:06:21,890 --> 01:06:25,210 - allying with our enemies. - Bastard! 693 01:06:27,010 --> 01:06:29,130 Eleanor was right! 694 01:06:30,010 --> 01:06:32,330 Vain illusion, that of the peace. 695 01:06:33,490 --> 01:06:37,930 They attack us on two sides, obligating us to divide forces. 696 01:06:38,050 --> 01:06:41,210 We need reinforcements or we will be defeated. 697 01:06:42,290 --> 01:06:45,530 Has the Catholic princes not anwaered my letters yet? 698 01:06:45,650 --> 01:06:50,890 The Protestant call against the foreigner has gripped their heart, too. 699 01:06:52,130 --> 01:06:54,330 Everyone has abandoned me. 700 01:06:55,850 --> 01:06:58,330 But if we have to fight alone, we will. 701 01:06:58,610 --> 01:07:00,330 We will! 702 01:07:02,450 --> 01:07:04,170 Prepare everything! 703 01:07:14,530 --> 01:07:16,970 What are you going to do with Maximilian? 704 01:07:17,690 --> 01:07:20,970 If you order his arrest, Ferdinand will not stay neutral. 705 01:07:21,090 --> 01:07:24,330 He will join his forces to those of the Princes in order to defend him. 706 01:07:28,370 --> 01:07:34,530 Are you going to confront your own brother on the battlefield? 707 01:07:37,450 --> 01:07:40,610 For the Regent of Spain: My son, 708 01:07:40,770 --> 01:07:44,170 alone and betrayed by my own people, I am applying to you in these sinister days, 709 01:07:44,290 --> 01:07:47,370 because my only comfort is that I know you are far from the danger. 710 01:07:47,490 --> 01:07:51,690 I am pushed for time, the enemy is on the lurk, and I cannot trust anyone else. 711 01:07:51,810 --> 01:07:56,010 Send reinforcements, for God's sake, or the Empire will be lost. 712 01:07:56,130 --> 01:07:59,370 Gather as many men as able to leave now to help the Emperor! 713 01:07:59,490 --> 01:08:01,530 Make supplies for a long campaign! 714 01:08:01,610 --> 01:08:04,730 Blessed gold from Peru, but it will not be enough. Where will we get the rest? 715 01:08:04,810 --> 01:08:08,490 Ask to chancelleries, monasteries for loans. To those who want to help! 716 01:08:08,610 --> 01:08:10,730 This time Spain will not fail the Emperor. 717 01:08:10,850 --> 01:08:14,130 And its Regent, even less will! I will go and fight beside him myself. 718 01:08:14,290 --> 01:08:16,130 - Don't do it, Your Highness. - He is my father! 719 01:08:16,290 --> 01:08:19,850 He is the Emperor and not your father who is glad to know that his heir is far from danger. 720 01:08:19,930 --> 01:08:22,810 - And shoul I stay impassible? - Give assistance to him, then! 721 01:08:22,930 --> 01:08:26,610 But don't tie your fate to his in such an uncertain hour. 722 01:08:26,850 --> 02:16:53,460 You are the future. 723 01:08:30,970 --> 01:08:33,770 Put even the soul in pawn in order to arm that army! 724 01:08:33,890 --> 01:08:36,250 The Emperor's life is at stake. 725 01:08:45,410 --> 01:08:49,850 The German Princes are asking again and again that our troops advance quickly. 726 01:08:49,930 --> 01:08:52,970 Do they think, perhaps, that they can give orders to the King of France? 727 01:08:53,090 --> 01:08:55,650 No, but they fear they will be defeated again. 728 01:08:55,930 --> 01:09:01,130 The Emperor is not alone now. A large number of reinforcements are coming from Spain. 729 01:09:03,690 --> 01:09:08,610 The dream of Frederick of Saxony is on the point of becoming his nightmare. 730 01:09:08,930 --> 01:09:11,290 I warned you, Your Highness. 731 01:09:11,890 --> 01:09:19,810 If you don't agree to his demands, you will break your compromise and condemn them to a certain defeat. 732 01:09:20,690 --> 01:09:28,570 I had seen it for a long time how my father was humiliated by the Emperor because of the imprudence and excessive trust. 733 01:09:28,650 --> 01:09:30,570 I will not make the same mistake. 734 01:09:30,610 --> 01:09:32,890 What should I answer, then, to the princes? 735 01:09:33,010 --> 01:09:38,290 We will advance as agreed, but in the rhythm the prudence suggests. 736 01:09:40,290 --> 01:09:46,250 Let time decide if France has to continue the fight... or doesn't have to. 737 01:09:48,810 --> 01:09:51,130 What are the French waiting for to advance? 738 01:09:51,250 --> 01:09:56,130 I rather seems that they want to ensure their positions than commit themselves to our cause. 739 01:09:56,290 --> 01:09:59,910 The Spanish have sent 5000 men to help the Emperor! 740 01:09:59,950 --> 01:10:03,130 If we don't give them the final blow before they arrive, they will smash us. 741 01:10:03,170 --> 01:10:08,930 We cannot finish with the imperial army. But we can finish with the man they fight for. 742 01:10:09,970 --> 01:10:14,130 - Are you suggesting the Emperor's murder? - Only if he doesn't accept our propositions. 743 01:10:15,690 --> 01:10:23,130 Let us catch him before he joins his main forces and the fight will have finished before it could begin. 744 01:10:23,410 --> 01:10:25,770 it is our only one opportunity! 745 01:10:29,010 --> 01:10:31,130 There is still another possibility. 746 01:10:43,010 --> 01:10:44,810 Leave us. 747 01:10:48,810 --> 01:10:51,850 You are walking in a very dangerous path. 748 01:10:52,370 --> 01:10:55,570 I pray I will not have to cry because of your death. 749 01:10:56,290 --> 01:10:59,130 - Join us! - I will always protect you 750 01:10:59,250 --> 01:11:02,250 but I will not lift a hand against my brother. 751 01:11:02,370 --> 01:11:04,970 With you on our side, we will be stronger. 752 01:11:05,090 --> 01:11:08,890 The German Princes, Catholics or Protestants, will support us. 753 01:11:09,410 --> 01:11:11,370 Stand on the front and the crown will be yours! 754 01:11:11,490 --> 01:11:14,730 I don't want the crown! I want my son to live! 755 01:11:17,930 --> 01:11:20,610 The Emperor will not have piety for you. 756 01:11:20,770 --> 01:11:25,130 You obligate me to do madness! The blame will be yours, too. 757 01:11:25,250 --> 01:11:26,890 What are you talking about? 758 01:11:28,130 --> 01:11:29,930 What are you scheming? 759 01:11:30,650 --> 01:11:32,610 Answer! 760 01:11:51,330 --> 01:11:55,290 We will soon join our army in a safe place, my lord. 761 01:12:02,050 --> 01:12:04,970 Come on! 762 01:12:14,530 --> 01:12:18,410 Several riders are coming towards us. Protect the Emperor! 763 01:12:31,210 --> 01:12:32,810 Go back. 764 01:12:33,010 --> 01:12:34,970 You are going to an ambush. 765 01:12:36,170 --> 01:12:38,970 The princes have cut the way to Innsbruck. 766 01:12:39,410 --> 01:12:43,450 Don't pay attention, my lord. He is trying to take you into a trap. 767 01:12:43,610 --> 01:12:45,290 You have to believe me! 768 01:12:45,810 --> 01:12:50,610 They have more men than you do. If you go on, you will go to certain death. 769 01:12:50,650 --> 01:12:53,370 I will send a reconnaissance party. 770 01:12:53,490 --> 01:12:55,570 We will se how right his words are. 771 01:12:55,610 --> 01:12:59,170 There is no time! The party will not come back. 772 01:12:59,690 --> 01:13:03,050 When you realize it, Frederick will be on you. 773 01:13:03,210 --> 01:13:07,290 - Escape through the Alpine passes. - Why should I trust you? 774 01:13:08,450 --> 01:13:10,610 You have left me to my fate. 775 01:13:10,650 --> 01:13:18,710 My destiny and yours don't go hand in hand anymore, but I will not let them kill you. You are my brother, Charles! 776 01:13:19,650 --> 01:13:25,830 I just hope you will be as generous to my son as I have been to you, saving your life. 777 01:13:27,330 --> 01:13:28,970 Please. 778 01:13:38,530 --> 01:13:40,810 Let's go! 779 01:14:16,290 --> 01:14:19,290 Next time... Father, I would like to marry again. 780 01:14:19,410 --> 01:14:22,010 Learn from your predecessor's fault, Your Highness. 781 01:14:22,130 --> 01:14:25,850 Bitter liberation for France if you ruin it in order to achieve that. 782 01:14:25,930 --> 01:14:28,330 In my hands, his domains would not know failure. 783 01:14:28,450 --> 01:14:32,490 I will not add more dishonors to those that I have already suffered. 784 01:14:33,650 --> 01:14:35,530 Here you have his sword. 785 01:14:36,650 --> 01:14:38,410 Your Highness. 786 01:14:39,090 --> 01:14:41,650 When I last saw her she was a baby. 787 01:14:42,050 --> 01:14:44,250 Does it scare you to see her again? 788 01:14:48,210 --> 01:14:50,610 How dare you present yourself in this court? 789 01:14:53,010 --> 01:14:55,850 Is this the future you want for your son? 790 01:14:58,170 --> 01:15:03,650 - You lied to me! - You have payed abundantly for your faults. 791 01:15:05,730 --> 01:15:09,290 - I had other plan, Father. - Your plans are mine. 792 01:15:10,490 --> 01:15:15,110 My father was never unfaithful to his wife and I want to be better than him in everything. 793 01:15:15,250 --> 01:15:17,930 Your Majesty, the King of England is dead. 794 01:15:25,490 --> 01:15:29,770 Your mother. You have to govern Casile in her name until she dies. 795 01:15:29,890 --> 01:15:36,430 It is my will that the King of England enjoys the privileges and rights he deserves by his title. 796 01:15:38,050 --> 01:15:39,610 Do it. 797 01:15:40,330 --> 01:15:43,370 Prepare everything. We are leaving. 798 01:15:46,250 --> 01:15:48,090 Damn it!