Ka cika wannan magana: Charles na Biyar ya shiga Roma cikin ɗaukaka ba da daɗewa ba bayan sojojinsa sun yi washe garin. Shahararrun 'yan garin Ghent sun yi tawaye da Philip the Good a 1453 da Charles V a 1539, bayan haka Charles ya isa tare da babbar runduna kuma an gaishe shi da shiga. Bayan 'yan makonni sai ya tsara shirin da ya saba da bikin, tare da' yan gari da suka zo da ƙafafun kafa tare da ƙuƙwalwa a wuyansu don neman gafara daga gare shi wanda, bayan da aka ba da babbar kyauta, ya yarda ya yi. Shigar da Charles da ɗansa Philip a cikin 1549 an bi shi a shekara mai zuwa ta wani mummunan umarni na Protestant wanda ya fara zalunci wanda ya haifar da Revolt na Netherlands, a yayin da Antwerp ya sha wahala
mummunan sack a 1576 da kuma dogon siege a 1584/85, wanda a karshe ya kawo karshen duk wadata a cikin birnin.