As the life of Charles of Habsburg is told since his arrival to Spain, it can be seen how the heir to the crowns of Germany, Burgundy, the Netherlands, the Free County, Artois, Nevers and Rethel, of the territories of the Crown of Aragon and its related Italian territories, and of the territories of the Catholic Monarchs in Castile, North Africa and the Americas, matures as a statesman and gets stronger in face of menaces around him and good and bad advice from his counselors.

La mini-serie, narra di alcuni eventi storici seguiti alla morte del Re di Borgogna, Carlo il Temerario.

Maria, sua giovane ed unica erede, non può salire al trono se prima non si sarà unita in matrimonio con un principe.