The Spanish Revolt was a series of riots that broke out across Spain during Charles V’s coronation as Holy Roman Emperor in 1519.
During that era, there was immense segregation between people of the Low Countries and Spain. Typically, citizens in the Low Countries perceived themselves as more educated and higher class, meanwhile looking down on the Spanish.
The Spanish were skeptical of Charles because he was born in the Low Country, and they feared their interests would be ignored by an emperor who looked down on them. There was good reason for this suspicion. As the king of Spain, his entire administration was filled with people from the Low Countries, not Spaniards. Moreover, he could not even speak Spanish during the beginning of his reign as the Spanish monarch in 1516.
As a result, the Spanish Cortes (Parliament/Congress) denied Charles’ request for funding to attend his coronation as emperor. When he attended it anyway, riots broke out across Spain. Despite the attempt to have their voices heard, the Spanish revolt was quickly suppressed by nobles as soon as their estates were threatened.
Asher Sisneros 