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I take this place where we shall
found the Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz!

Achieving the Empire has a price.
The king needs help from his nobles.

That I become emperor
will benefit everyone.

But Castile needs its king here.

We will not give him
the money he so urgently

needs without receiving
anything in return.

What will you demand this time?

That he cede part of his power to
us and swear to fulfill our demands.

The money worries me.

Your mother still keeps goods
worthy of a queen that she will not use.

Of the seven electors, three
are princes of the Church.

We must secure the
four votes of the laymen.

And among them, Frederick
of Saxony's vote is fundamental.

Bribes will not be enough.
You will need something more.

It is not in my
nature to suffer for a

predicament that will
conclude in my favor.

You will be the next emperor.
What is this jest about?

Frederick of Saxony will support
you if the Pope supports you.

Even my own family
turns their back on me!

I have decided to present
my candidacy for the Empire.

The king has no possibility of achieving
the imperial crown. Make him see it.

Do what I ask and England will
support your nephew Charles.

When he is emperor,
his power will protect you.

Castile insists that you marry the
Portuguese infanta. You know this.

On the other hand, there is no
sovereign as rich as her father.

Collect the dowry and you will
not have to kneel before the Cortes.

- Are you a Christian?
- Jerónimo de Aguilar.

Christian and subject of Queen Doña
Juana and her father Don Fernando.

(AGUILAR) Powerful Moctezuma

offers you these
presents and gives you

what you desire as
proof of his friendship.

- He asks that you take them and leave.
- He doesn't ask, it's an order.

Your mother's madness is an
obstacle to the imperial throne.

It is just that it
compensates for it.

Let us not deceive
ourselves, this is theft.

And if my aunt doesn't get the
endorsement, it will have been for nothing.

Castile's gold settled our debt.

Lord Fugger has been good
enough to lend us the same amount

with new interest.

The Empire will recover its splendor.
And we will achieve it together,

for you will be my right hand.

Only I will be the
candidate for the Empire.

I did not commit my vote to
your family, but to Fernando.

If the King of Spain
presents himself,

the reasons I gave you
then are worth the same now.

Aguilar!

I have passed from hand to hand.

Until I am sacrificed
before the gods.

That will not happen.
Because I will protect you.

Now, we only have our
hands and one certainty:

conquer this land
or die in the attempt!

From the Indies has
arrived a true treasure!

That Cortés fellow has put the
Empire at your feet, Your Highness.

Charles may have
gotten the gold,

but we have the votes bought

and, above all, the
Saxon on our side.

Me? Present myself as emperor?

You will win. For they will
prefer you to the powerful Charles.

Do you think I'm going to give
up 18 percent of such a sum?

I haven't come this
far to turn back now.

- What do you propose?
- Hundreds of mercenaries surround us.

I withdraw my candidacy. My vote
is for Charles of Habsburg. I swear!

Either the King of France exterminates
me or I will be the master of Europe.

Music

(LUTHER) To this humble Augustinian
friar who subscribes, Martin Luther,

but not only to him,

it is terrible to see that the
supreme lord of Christianity

lives in such luxury
that no king can match it.

He calls himself "most holy," and
is more worldly than the world itself.

It would not be strange if God
made sulfur and hellfire rain down

and sunk Rome into the abyss

as he did in times past
with Sodom and Gomorrah.

Since all his being,
work and activity

are directed against what
was established by Christ,

would not the Pope
be the Antichrist?

Excuse me.

I trusted that you would
cure my melancholy.

No one will be able to, if you
do not cease your obsession.

(SIGHS)

The Empire was made to
the measure of my greatness.

And it has been snatched from me by
that Fleming so vulgar, yet blessed by God.

If you cannot accept his
victory, make it bitter for him.

Act!

(Sighs)

That Fleming has achieved the
greatest victory he could ever imagine:

erasing your drive.

Will you allow him to do so?

At last, the Empire.

I am eager to go and, at the same time,
I know I will miss what I leave behind.

It is as difficult to
love this land without

reservation as it is
to come to disdain it.

You will govern the
Spains during my absence.

But it is my wish to make full use of
the 3 years the Cortes have granted me.

Will you have the spirit for so
long? Will the Spanish have it?

However much they have granted you
that absence, your departure offends them.

They resist everything and curse
everything but always end up agreeing.

I must leave.

Give me an account
of everything.

Commotion outside

Good God! What has happened?

(GROANS) Let the
physicians see him!

They stoned him when he
ordered them to disperse.

- Disperse them?
- There are hundreds of Castilians

surrounding the palace. They
are furious about your departure.

Go out, and your journey
will end in the other world.

We have been patient,

but, time and again, Charles
has ignored our petitions.

And now, when he has
taken our revenues, he leaves.

Must we serve one who
wears the crown of Castile

as a means to win that of the
Empire and not as a privilege?

Since he arrived, he has looked
only to his own good, despising ours.

I refuse to prostrate myself before
one who bleeds us to aggrandize himself,

before one who misappropriates
the wealth of our kingdom!

Only we love Castile.
Only we can save it.

Maldonado is right.

Every community, every
Castilian, in arms against Charles!

- In arms for Castile!
- (ALL) For Castile!

Tlatoani Moctezuma,

in a thousand ways I have tried to stop
the bearded ones. Nothing has worked.

Not even the gold?

I even raised the city of Cholula in
arms to stop them. It was useless.

- Did they win easily?
- They razed it.

- Where are they?
- At the gates of Tenochtitlan.

All the omens
announced their arrival.

We have only succeeded
in spilling our blood.

You have fulfilled your duty.

And is it not my duty to
save the lives of my people?

They are not gods,
tlatoani, but mortals.

Let us attack and you will see,
because we will be many against few.

Never before I order it.

Never, tlatoani.

Sir.

How do you feel?

Fortunately, they
aimed at the heart.

(JOKES) And what one doesn't
have cannot be disgraced.

Your Highness.

I regret adding terrible
news to what has occurred.

The rebels of Toledo
have taken the Alcázar.

What has become of the corregidor?
He has been expelled from the city.

They want nothing to do with
whoever represents royal authority.

But who are those who
rise against His Highness?

- Nobles? Peasants?
- Above all, bourgeois,

but they have found
supporters of all conditions.

Such defiance demands to be
repressed or more will soon sprout.

But how can I launch
an attack before leaving?

I cannot leave a
kingdom in flames.

The lack of authority
would feed the revolt.

I advise you to
delay your departure.

Do not dare look
him in the eyes.

Whoever offends him in such a
way receives death as punishment.

Infinite are the
honor and emotion

I feel at meeting the great
emperor of Tenochtitlan.

My name is Hernán Cortés.

And I come from a
kingdom beyond the ocean.

Hernán Cortés,

why do you come before me?

By order of my lord,
the King of Castile,

I come to show
you the true faith:

that Jesus Christ
is the son of God

and that those who believe
in Him can expect eternal life

and the flames of hell
await those who despise Him,

as your people do,
believing in idols.

Do you dare insult our gods?

Devotion to my faith has led
me to offend you unintentionally.

I beg your forgiveness.
Our ties must be friendly

or not be at all.

Stop!

I am only a man honored to see
you and eager to know your empire.

Melt our steel if you so desire.

Our spirit is one of peace.

Dear friend...

Your Highness.

I thank you for your invitation.

I admit I feared
that Charles's victory

would cool relations
between France and England.

Neither I achieved the Empire
nor you the papacy. For now.

And since we failed each
other mutually, we will

know how to forgive
and strengthen ourselves,

now that one man accumulates
so much power in Europe.

Do you propose an
alliance against Charles?

His aggrandizement threatens us.
Our kingdoms cannot isolate themselves.

It would not be proper of
you to simply accept his victory

and I imagine you eager
to return the blow, but...

England has no will
whatsoever to enter into war.

Neither do I.

For, as you will surely understand,
encouraging a conflict between Christians

would not bring
me closer to Rome.

Who has spoken of war?

I propose a peaceful agreement.

Encourage Henry to meet
with me for such purpose.

Encourage me to do so.

(SIGHS) A pension
of 12,000 ducats,

which would double
in case of agreement.

The next time we meet,

Henry will be at my side.

Your Highness.

There is no war
without prior penance.

I ask your forgiveness.

I came to think that the kindness
with the bearded one was sincere.

Every man deserves to be heard.

At least once.

When will the attack take place?

Grant me the honor
of cutting the throat

of the one who
offended our gods with it.

I must rest.

Withdraw.

Your Highness, Cardinal
Wolsey has met with King Francis.

They are planning an alliance.

Who sought whom?

The invitation came
from the French,

although they assure that it
is only a peace agreement.

Allow me to doubt the intentions

of a man from whom I
snatched what he most desired.

(Sighs)

I will write to England. My aunt
Catherine must help us prevent it.

Let us not forget Rome.

Getting the Pope's favor
would hinder their plans.

I offer to convince him.

Let us trust in the pontiff.

Strong has always been the bond
between Rome and the emperor.

Do you see the
scepter in my hand?

Before Henry, Francis, or the
Pope, I am still Charles of Ghent,

King of Spain and
emperor of nothing!

As soon as the revolts cease,
you will leave without delay.

The revolts will cease
as soon as I am crowned.

When those Castilians
fear the force of the Empire.

Enough! Every
minute I spend here

is encouragement for
those who wish me ill,

both in Castile and
in Europe. We leave!

May God not permit his
desire to seize the Empire

to lead him to lose
these kingdoms.

Your Highness!

I regret entrusting you with the
regency in such circumstances.

I accept the challenge,

but you must reconsider the
powers you delegate to me.

How will I control the situation
with so little command?

You will fulfill adequately.

You have much confidence
in me... Or very little.

If you fear I will abuse the power
you are going to grant me, rest easy.

Resting easy is what I
avoid, your reverence.

Are you in dealings
with France again?

They court us, but I have not
yet decided if they deserve us.

I am glad that is so. Our
nephew Charles asks you

to meet with him before
meeting with the French.

God bless my renunciation of
the Empire. I keep my wealth

and my favor is sought by all.

You would not equate the emperor
with a humiliated and penniless monarch.

Your nephew has
not yet worn the crown.

And to obtain it, he
carries such a debt

that he will meet God
without having paid it.

Consider also what each one
could bring you in the future.

Since God has not wished
to grant you a male heir,

a worthy engagement for your
daughter Mary would be very valuable.

Francis has long promised
to unite our descendants.

But he has never sealed
it with his signature.

You will not find a better
occasion for him to agree.

Francis needs you.

Shall I arrange the meeting?

You know that the French
will drag you into his ambitions.

You, who have no
interest in a conflict!

Charles possesses so much
that he aspires to no more.

Every man always
aspires to more, Catherine.

Strange creature!

Use it for hunting. One single
animal will bring you a hundred.

They say you have been
walking restlessly for several days.

To what end?

I would not have gotten this
far if I were not a curious man.

Your land is full of wonders.

Does it differ
much from Castile?

Yours must be a great empire.

Humble, compared to yours.

But we are governed
by a king who possesses

a thousand dominions
from north to south

in an immense
land we call Europe.

There, the colors are
pale compared to these.

Without knowing it, we
had a word for your empire:

paradise.

- Do you know it?
- Yes.

I have seen your
people inhale it.

(SPITS AND COUGHS)

I do not understand what
inconvenience you see

in a peace agreement
between two Christian kingdoms.

Francis has not extended
his hand to Charles.

And if he has not done so, it is because
he is plotting something against him.

Suppositions. Furthermore,
Rome is not in favor

of only one man
growing great in Europe.

My lord is the emperor of
the Holy Roman Empire!

- Impossible greater loyalty to the Church.
- He will have occasion to prove it.

I have signed a bull of excommunication
against one of his subjects.

Do you refer to Luther?

With more than enough generosity, I
have given that heretic 60 days to recant.

If he does not do so, he
must be arrested immediately.

The emperor will so order.
Why would he act otherwise?

And you, Your Holiness?

Will you compensate that zeal you
demand of us in safeguarding the faith

by rejecting an alliance
between English and French?

I will do so.

When Luther rots in the
most fetid of dungeons.

Footsteps

I have missed you so much...

How do you feel? At home.

Your Highness.

Did you have a good
crossing? Yes, thank you.

You will miss the
sun of the Spains.

Heat is not given by the
stars, but by company.

I wish I could stay here for the 3
years the Cortes have granted me.

How so? Why would you
have to advance your return?

I have not left a calm Spain. There
are disobediences, rebellions...

- What do they demand?
- Everything... and nothing.

I am beginning to
think that complaint for

complaint's sake is in
the Spanish character.

A childish disloyalty... Absurd!

They have shown loyalty
on numerous occasions.

They did so with our grandparents.
Thus they rewarded their good government.

If it was your intention to
offend me, I forgive you.

Criticism is a habit proper to
those who have no command.

And even more so of those who
aspire to it without achieving it.

Door

I ask your pardon.

It is not you who
disturbs my spirit.

Ferdinand did not put
himself forward as a candidate.

If you harbor any resentment
for it, let it be toward me.

The affection I have
for you prevents it,

but I still feel the wound.

You were disloyal to me.

I watched with anguish as
your triumph became impossible.

I had to do something so the Empire
would not fall into foreign hands.

What does he know of these
lands? What did you know of Castile?

Ferdinand has learned much.
His advice is of great help to me.

Did you intend to turn
an advisor into emperor?

Charles...

Had you lost the election,

would it not have
pleased you more to see

Ferdinand on the imperial
throne than Francis?

By God! You are brothers.

Do you consider
his barbs brotherly?

No, no... I know you.

If his words have
hurt you, it is because

you doubt what you
have done in Castile.

Value wise criticisms, Charles, or
you will end up surrounded by flatterers.

They will not wound
your pride, no.

But they will turn you
into the worst of tyrants.

Door

Door

You have verified
that I did not lie when

I said that nothing
would be lacking here.

I have everything a man
with worldly ambitions desires.

If only it were so.

What do you lack?

Power.

I was educated for politics,
not to drowse in a golden cage.

I desire nothing more than
to stay up late in offices.

Entrust me with a position
where I can be useful to you.

The importance of your work as
advisor to our aunt is not small.

You possess more titles and
domains than any man. Is it not enough?

Do you perhaps feel it as a
threat that I exercise power

if I do so in your service?

I distrust you only to the
extent that I distrust everyone.

I will not remain at
court without purpose.

What do you insinuate?

Your Highness... Do you
bring good news from Rome?

Not what I would wish.

His Holiness has issued a bull of
excommunication against Luther.

If he does not obey it,
you will have to arrest him.

Only then will Rome mediate

to prevent the alliance
between English and French.

When the time comes, I will
order his arrest. But he will recant.

Is there a worse condemnation for
a believer than excommunication?

Have you read his writings?

Luther denies that Rome
mediates between God and men.

What value will he give
to a threat from someone

whose authority he
does not respect?

Perhaps he does
not fear for his soul.

But excommunication begins
the path that leads to the stake.

The Germans
regard him as a hero.

And he has the favor of
great men like Frederick...

Great men who
have lived too long

outside imperial authority.

My coronation will remind them of
their place and end their audacity.

Salamanca, Segovia...
The uprisings do not cease.

And with greater boldness,
since the king departed.

If you thought this flame would
extinguish itself, disabuse yourselves.

If I do not act, it is
because the Crown's ruin

prevents me from
gathering the army I need.

- Try to negotiate, then.
- With what authority?

I would have to consult
Charles on every detail.

While messengers crossed Europe,
the comuneros would take everything.

I need the help of
the lords of Castile.

Only if they put their hosts
at the service of the Crown

can I pacify the kingdom.

I will ask them
so. And earnestly.

But the revolts have spread because
those who could have stopped them

did not do so.

We shall have to
see if they agree now.

I followed him discreetly.

After his meeting with Adrian,
the duke visited several lords.

What happens?

The Crown seeks
the favor of the nobility.

I doubt it will win
them to its cause.

The lords' disaffection
toward Charles rivals our own.

The regent will do everything
in his power to make our uprising

appear as a riot with no purpose
other than disturbing the peace.

We want correct government for
Castile, not to plunge it into chaos.

And so we have proclaimed it.

It will be easy for them
to contradict our words.

We need the support of someone

whose legitimacy no good
Castilian would question.

Queen Juana.

(AGITATED SIGHING)

- Did you wish to see me, Your Highness?
- Where are the missing jewels?

And the money? Guarding this place does
not give you rights over my possessions.

I know of this theft, but I
did not dare denounce it.

To point to the king as a thief
would have brought me troubles.

How dare you accuse
my son of such baseness?

- I will order you arrested!
- (LAUGHS)

Respect your queen, wretch!

- No!
- Release Her Highness!

We have found it in
Moctezuma's treasure chamber.

Sir, you were right!

It is much greater than
we could ever imagine.

God has blessed our
audacity with a sea of gold!

If anyone lays a hand
on it, I myself will cut it off.

Nothing but the promise of
riches made us follow you.

A promise that will be fulfilled.
But not before governing this place.

Sir, there are millions!
We can never subdue them!

It is a miracle we wake up each
morning. We live fearing their attack.

Let us take the gold
and flee never to return!

Here there can be
no greater conquest.

If you must fear anything,
it is disobeying me.

(AGUILAR) Captain!

Captain!

My lord, bad news. Four
of our men have been killed.

- By whose hands?
- By Moctezuma's emissaries.

Damned savage!

We will be next if we stay.

Find your steel and follow me.

Bell tolling outside

(CONSECRATES THE
EMPEROR IN LATIN)

(CONTINUES THE
CEREMONY IN LATIN)

(THE ARCHBISHOP CONCLUDES
THE CEREMONY IN LATIN)

I arrest you in the name
of the Crown of Castile.

You sold us concord, and
your men murdered ours.

I know nothing of that crime.

If what you say is
true, I beg your pardon.

Four lives cannot be
paid for with an apology.

Until I have certainty that
they did not follow your orders,

you will remain
under my custody.

No one steals the
freedom of the emperor!

After ending your life,
I will avenge my men.

For each dead Spaniard,
a hundred Mexica will fall.

Place yourself under my custody:

you will have the best treatment and
your people will have nothing to pay for.

- (MALINCHE) Look out!
- Stop.

Stop.

Serious must be

what you have to tell to make
me abandon my coronation feast.

How serious? The rebels
have taken Tordesillas.

They have put themselves
at the service of our mother.

They wish her to
reign. Without you.

Damned Adrian!
How could he allow it?

Do not expect authority
from one who did not obtain it.

Adrian is a sensible
and loyal man.

And you govern too many
domains to do so in person.

Your mistrust could
make you lose the Spains.

So be it, so be it! I will
grant him more command.

Do not lose hope, my lord. Few
betrayals are born from a mother.

I must write to
Adrian. In solitude.

(SIGHS AND Sighs)

I have kept her isolated
for fear of losing the throne.

I have barely visited
her and, if I have done so,

it has been to steal
her possessions.

Charles, trust...
How can I trust?

If she yields, it will not be
betrayal, but a deserved punishment.

Everyone detests an old
head on young shoulders.

So Erasmus taught me.
But my head is young,

and I carry so much
weight on my shoulders that

they already give way
like those of an old man.

Forgive my error,
your reverence.

Born of inexperience
more than mistrust.

Do whatever you
think appropriate

to prevent the rebels from
turning us against the queen

or leading her to betray us.

- My dear Henry.
- Esteemed Francis.

Chroniclers will narrate
this meeting for centuries.

Two kingdoms, once
confronted by a hundred-year war,

now celebrate their harmony.

Fear, envy, greed,
hatred, and pride.

Let us eliminate them and
we will have permanent peace.

Ah! Petrarch! But remember:

The most disadvantageous peace is
always better than the most just war.

Erasmus. Accompany me.

Is his height not enough
to remain above me?

A few years ago, we
met to sign a peace,

under his reverence's auspices.

Our mutual esteem has
not changed. But Europe has.

Let us seal this agreement today
and be on guard against new rivals.

Let everyone know
that the dauphin and my

daughter will one day
be husband and wife.

Could there be a greater
guarantee of perpetual friendship

than making official the
engagement between our children?

We will be family. I thought
this moment would never come.

You have pleased me
with my most beloved sport.

I did not know such thing. If I am honest,
I had them brought for my enjoyment.

I also love wrestling.

- Do you practice it?
- As much as I can.

And you?

Why not?

- I remind you that he hates to lose.
- By build,

I would bet on Francis, but an
intoxicated Englishman is unbeatable.

Blessed diplomacy, which
will make them end in a draw.

(GROANS) We leave!

Your Highness, it was just a
game. Let us return to the banquet.

- At least surpass him in magnanimity.
- He is dead to me!

(Sighs)

You should feel the humiliation
of your king as your own.

If indeed you discern
which of them you serve.

Spare me, mother. Besides, I risked
nothing. The agreement is signed.

But, now, Henry
is eager to break it.

(Sighs)

I come to ensure
you lack for nothing.

Only honor.

And I want to recover it.

The crime has not
yet been cleared up.

As if my destiny
depended on that!

How much gold do you
want for my freedom?

Unfortunately, I am harder
to please than my men.

I want you to declare
yourself a vassal of Castile

and rule this empire with you.

My offer will not change.
Your authority over the Mexica

will diminish each day
you spend in my custody.

Until you cannot even negotiate.

Anticipate it...

and bon appétit.

You give shelter to his men
and now also to his gods.

Be silent. You must not humiliate
them so that ours are not annihilated.

- For a few dozen men?
- For the Empire behind them.

If we attacked, they would
cross the ocean to take revenge.

Your people would die
smiling under their steel.

Now, walk with
your gaze lowered.

It tastes to them like you are subdued
by the invader and that burns them inside.

The end of what we know
is written, Cuauhtémoc.

I am only trying to
ensure it is not with blood.

My emperor lets himself
be treated like an animal?

They detain me at night.
They fear I will escape.

You lack the necessary
pride to do such a thing!

(MOCTEZUMA) What
do you intend to do?

Stop!

You do us a great honor by accompanying
us. Preside over our meeting, my lady.

For you govern us.

With these words, we will make it
known that we submit only to you.

And that you agree with it.

It pleases me that you seek the good of
the kingdom against those who abuse it.

And that you take shelter in me.

But, first, I wish to hear you.

We have long yearned for
whoever governs us to lend us an ear.

We thank you for it.

He will sign. But, meanwhile,

I will let Regent Adriano
know that we are one with you.

It will be a great
help, my lady.

No news from Castile?

I have gone days
without sleep visiting me.

I fear going to bed a king
and waking up overthrown.

Surely, the messengers
must be getting lost in France.

They know of our problems
and thus they magnify them.

Fortitude, Your Majesty. Whoever
awaits you now must not sense weakness.

(SIGHS)

Your Majesty. What an
honor that I am granted

the emperor's first audience!

Compensate for the privilege by
serving me in what I must ask of you.

You will know that Luther has
not yet recanted his heresies.

The deadline has not yet
ended. There are still days left.

Do you not deduce from his silence
that he resists obeying Rome's order?

He is your protégé.
Make him see reason.

Mine is the university where
he teaches, not his soul.

Do you underestimate yourself?

Luther will answer to
your authority if it is firm.

Do you not see that he
endangers the peace in Germany?

Nothing worries me more
than the destiny of the Empire.

Then...

will you act accordingly?

Have no doubt.

Do not even think of wavering.

Do you want me to risk my life for
ideas with which you do not commune?

Freeing Germany from the abuses of
Rome interests me as much as it does you.

We both share the same goal:
that these lands be sovereign.

My crusade in service of
your political aspirations...

And these in service
of your crusade!

The conjunction of both will
make the movement unstoppable.

But only one of us will be
condemned to the stake.

Everything I aspire to depends on
what you have started having no end.

Go ahead. And I will
strive to protect you.

You have my word.

- News?
- From Dueñas.

The Marquis of Buendía's
serfs have rebelled against him.

And they have done so in our name.
The example has spread to other domains.

- God is on our side...
- You speak wrongly.

These men put us in the bind of
recognizing their struggle as ours

or not doing so. In
both cases, we will err.

We must use them to
win other strongholds!

Maria, if the enemy changes,
our cause becomes perverted.

To overthrow a king, the
wrath of many men is needed!

And, in each man's heart,
nests a reason against his lord.

In Dueñas, anger has raised a
whirlwind that blows in our favor.

Do not question the causes.

If we support them, we will
make enemies of the nobles.

- And their lukewarmness has done us good.
- It is not lukewarmness that we need!

But drive, to gain ground. And
we will get it from the people.

From their rage for
suffering abuses and hunger.

I am sick of meetings and waiting
for that deranged queen's signature!

What happened in
Dueñas was not in vain.

The time has come to attack.

The Marquis of Astorga,
the Count of Béjar,

the Marquis of Villena...

At last, at your service.

Protecting themselves
under the skirts of the Crown

now that the revolt
threatens their goods.

They will serve me very well
so that I may forgive them.

The rebels have attacked
Villalpando. What are your orders?

That the nobles
leave their castles

and bring peace to the
kingdom once and for all!

I deny Rome!

The pope promises the
sinner the salvation of his soul

in exchange for money.

Indulgences are nets to fish for

the riches of men!

Boos

Jan Hus

burned at the stake.

And perhaps my words
will bring me the same fate.

But listen to me,
Antichrist of Rome!

Yours will be consumed
before my flesh!

Boos

That demented friar!

And that traitor from
Saxony who protects him!

What is your opinion?

The duke fuels hatred against
Rome because he wants for himself

what he now must
share with the pope.

Tax money. And the
properties of the Church.

Emancipating from Rome would put everything
in his hands, but, before the people,

he is the defender
of their sovereignty.

So, if I were to arrest Luther, the
Germans would see me as a tyrant

at the orders of the pope.

If you have the princes against you
and the consequences will be fatal.

What if they respond by
threatening the borders of Flanders?

If I lose the pope's favor,

the threat from England and
France will extend to all my borders.

(Sighs)

My lady,

the grandees have launched
an army upon Villalpando.

Ours could do
nothing against it.

Declare that the throne
belongs only to you

or the enemies of our cause will
not stop until they annihilate us.

Sign at once, Your Highness!
Or they will fall upon us!

You will find yourself
subjected again.

We are raising a kingdom, we
place it under your command.

We free you, and
you still doubt?

You seem dead
in life as many say.

- Withdraw!
- With our lives,

we will defend what would
have cost you only a signature.

Why, mother?

Do you intend for me
to overthrow Charles?

He in no way
deserves your loyalty.

You deny yourself the command
that everyone has usurped from you.

Your husband, your
father, and my brother!

And now the rebels!

I will not be a key for the
ambition of others again.

Because of your absurd
loyalty, we will remain prisoners.

Is that the sentence you
want for both of us? For me?

I cannot betray my own son.

Take me with you!

Take me! I beg you!

I will assume the repudiation of
my own. Death, if it must come.

It will be better than
returning to the life I had.

The battlefield is my place.

Yours, to wait
sheltered for our victory.

When it becomes reality,

you will enjoy the dignity
that has been denied you.

Do you promise? Even if
the queen never shelters you?

You have my word.

Go and conquer.

Your Highness.

(CATHERINE OF ENGLAND)
Dear nephew and Caesar,

I regret to inform
you that my husband,

the King of England, has sealed
grave agreements with France.

But I let you know that these
were tarnished by Francis's conduct,

whose infinite boastfulness
greatly wounded Henry.

Your visit is a pleasant
surprise, Your Majesty.

We are honored to receive
the brand new emperor.

I regret, then, not giving
you such satisfaction.

For who stands before you
is only Charles, your nephew.

My dear aunt.

We have hardly had time to prepare
anything to celebrate your arrival.

You relieve me. Imperial
glory is a cumbersome disguise

and flaunting it, an
exhausting imposture.

Rest.

We will meet with you when you
have recovered from the journey.

I thank you for it.

What Francis should envy is
not his Empire, but his character.

You are right, Your
Highness. However...

It is striking that
someone who scorns glory

has ruined himself to obtain it.

Since the emperor does not please
you, you will not have to suffer him.

I will excuse you
from our meeting.

If I stopped dealing with those who
displease me, I would be a poor chancellor.

You are one when you suggest
agreements driven only by your ambition.

Use the recess to count the
gold coming to you from France.

It grieves me that it is Francis
and not Charles who has offspring.

I would have preferred to
marry our little one to a son of his.

You see a setback where
there is room for profit.

They are not returning.

Do you have any
jewels left, mother?

What are you plotting?

If the rebels do not win,

there is a way to be free,
without you falling into treachery.

Let's flee!

- To where?
- What does it matter?

With funds, we will
soon be far away.

I am the queen, I
cannot run away.

We will return. But only when
Charles has ensured us a dignified life.

Forgive me.

I will not praise your beer
when English beer exists,

but God damn French wine!

That is my intention:

that what I offer you makes
what he offered you undesirable.

Speak. I can dine and
negotiate at the same time.

Reject the alliance
he proposes to you.

I would gladly do so,

but I would lose my daughter's
engagement and I would regret it.

No, if it is not in
exchange for another.

You well know I
have no male heir.

(CATHERINE TAKES A
BREATH) But... you are one.

Do you want me to become
engaged to Princess Mary?

She is barely four years old. I would
have to wait a lifetime to marry her.

Francis plans to attack you.

He lives obsessed
with your victory.

His thirst for
revenge is irrational.

He is no longer king of
France, he is king against you.

I trust you do not intend to
frighten me to win my will.

Believe me.

Agree to our conditions.

And let us isolate the
Frenchman with our agreement.

Happily I accept being your
son. But, if Francis attacks me,

your troops would
join mine to defend me.

Family is the bond,

politics, the price.

So be it.

Your Majesty!

Where you see a lunch, there
is a council. You will have to wait.

I thought it would please you to know
that Tordesillas has been recovered.

(SIGHS)

He snatches an empire
from me and, now, an ally.

What wrong have I done
to God to deserve Charles?

Did he force you
to humiliate Henry?

Only that has put
him in his favor.

My pride is not something
I can shed at will.

It will be, then,
your condemnation.

No.

It will be the
key to my victory.

For only he who refuses to lose

could dare to launch his
troops against an entire empire.

I present to you the
new Archduke of Austria,

my brother Ferdinand.

The title ennobles you, but it
also burdens you with duties.

Grave are the
troubles in these lands.

Therefore, I need aid to
guard them when I am absent.

And, for that, I trust in you.

Make yourself known.

Courtly music

I swear to obey and fulfill the
commands of King Charles of Spain.

With him who represents him here,
Hernán Cortés, I will govern these domains.

I will keep my word
if you do the same.

I have sworn to protect you from whoever
rebels against you. And so I will do.

And you will enjoy
the highest dignities.

Your subjects will see
no humiliation in you.

I want their contentment, because
only that will maintain peace.

Start by contenting them by
celebrating the festival of the Rains.

So it shall be.

Do women in your
land also use flowers?

Yes,

but they look a thousand
times less beautiful.

The flowers that grow there are poor
fodder compared to those that abound here.

When you speak of Castile, I
imagine a scorched and sad field.

Perhaps I remember it harshly.

But that is how love rules:

vilifying what was known before.

This land has bewitched me.

And you it.

Or you would not
have come to rule it.

In no other would I
do it with more pride.

It has been good to
cross an ocean and a

thousand sleepless
nights to find my place.

Storm

The festival of the Rains.

(AGUILAR) My lord!

They have become feverish.
They seem possessed

by the evil one. And
even more so our men.

They believe the Mexica are
preparing in this manner to attack us.

What are you saying?
Calm their delusions!

Too late. They are already
heading to the palace.

They want to seize the
treasure before they fall upon us.

Do what you can to stop our men.

(MOCTEZUMA SOBS)

Is this the peace
you would bring?

Loot my treasure and open
the entrails of my people?

It was a festival!

I will punish the
guilty with death.

But let's first stop the
chaos reigning out there.

The entire city
is a battlefield.

Should I deny them the
right to avenge this massacre?

I submitted to you to
prevent it. I owe you nothing!

Will you allow tens of
deaths to become thousands?

Are the lives we can still save
worth less than those already lost?

We govern this Empire! We
cannot shirk our command!

Now less than ever!

The culprits of this slaughter
will be offered to the gods.

And the other Spaniards
will live apart. So

that nothing like this
ever happens again.

Now, you know
there will be justice.

Let the violence cease, then!

I am still your emperor. And,
as such, you must obey me.

I have seen his eyes.

- And they are those of a traitor.
- I submitted to save you.

But what is it that you
do not understand?

To save you!

Huh? (SCREAMS IN PAIN)

Stop!

I promise you I will
return peace to this place.

Your men will be mine.

- You have my word.
- Captain! Only escape remains.

- They are falling upon us.
- We will not abandon this place.

Either we escape or this
will be our final resting place.

Sir!

We had a word for your empire:

paradise.

I have decided to attack
the emperor on several fronts.

Enough threats already
loom on our borders, sir.

They see you as the only obstacle
standing between them and the treasure.

Half of Spain has
risen against him.

And the German nobility
will not make it easy for him.

In Burgos, there are still
many loyal to our cause

and we can reconquer it.

I thought I might soon
communicate to His Majesty

that Castile was at peace again.

Padilla has reorganized his forces
and that has encouraged the rebels.

The pope wants to know why I
have still done nothing against Luther.

Promise me we will
see each other again.

- Tell me, father.
- Promise me you will not marry

until you have married
your sister to the emperor.

The war that confronts
us can only end in one way:

with the victory of the Crown.

She is my wife, Maldonado!

The future of
France is at stake.

You are asking me to censure
the king himself on a matter of war.

No one, except
God, must judge you.

I wish to return to Castile.

They want me to pay
the wages of their armies!

Do you recant these writings?

Whoever raises his sword against
me or against any of mine shall die!

France attacks us.

Here is what was agreed.

Did you keep Lautrec's money?

A trap...

I've fallen into a trap!

Your Highness, we have the opportunity
to win the war with a single battle.

I will intercede for you and
do everything in my power

to give you a husband worthy
of the Queen of Portugal.

Who is the candidate
most likely to succeed him?

(JUAN) You said it yourself:
Either Caesar or nothing.

You dare to demand respect?