Does 'By contrast, their grandson, who assumed the throne in 1516, was born in Flanders in 1500, and Charles I could barely express himself in Spanish.' stand independently of the premise 'Charlies I was seen by his subjects as an outsider.', neither following nor contradicting it?
By contrast, their grandson, who assumed the throne in 1516, was born in Flanders in 1500, and Charles I could barely express himself in Spanish.###Charlies I was seen by his subjects as an outsider.