The reconciliation of Francis I and Charles V in Aigues-Mortes, France, after the Tuce of Nice,1538. Francis I, 1494 - 1547. King of France. Charles V, 1500 - 1558. Ruler of the Spanish Empire as Charles I from 1516 and the Holy Roman Empire as Charles V from 1519. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.