Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor
The Holy Roman Emperor (German: Rmischdeutscher Kaiser, Latin: Romanorum Imperator) was the
ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. The position evolved
into an elected monarchy, but the emperor elect (imperator electus) was until the 15th century required to be
crowned by the Pope before assuming the imperial title. The title was held in conjunction with the rule of the
Kingdom of Germany and the Kingdom of Italy (Imperial
Northern Italy).[1][2][3] In theory, the Holy Roman Emperor was primus inter pares (rst among equals) among
the other Roman Catholic monarchs; in practice, a Holy
Roman Emperor was only as strong as his army and alliances made him.
Title
LIST OF EMPERORS
Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, despite the con- After 1438, the Kings remained in the house of Habsburg
tinued existence of the Eastern Roman Empire.
and Habsburg-Lorraine, with the brief exception of
Charles VII, who was a Wittelsbach. Maximilian I (Emperor 15081519) and his successors no longer travelled
Rome to be crowned as Emperor by the Pope. Max2 Succession of the Holy Roman to
imilian therefore named himself Elected Roman EmEmperors
peror (Erwhlter Rmischer Kaiser) in 1508 with papal
approval. This title was in use by all his uncrowned successors. Of his successors only Charles V, the immediate
one, received a papal coronation.
3 List of emperors
See also: List of German monarchs
This list includes all emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, whether or not they styled themselves Holy Roman
Emperor. There are some gaps in the tally. For example,
Henry the Fowler was King of Germany but not Emperor;
Emperor Henry II was numbered as his successor as German King. The Guideschi follow the numeration for the
Duchy of Spoleto.
The Electoral council was set at seven princes (three arch- 3.1.5 Unruoching dynasty
bishops and four secular princes) by the Golden Bull of
1356. It remained so until 1648, when the settlement of
There was no emperor in the west between 924 and 962.
the Thirty Years War required the addition of a new elector to maintain the precarious balance between Protestant
and Catholic factions in the Empire. Another elector was
added in 1690, and the whole college was reshued in
1803, a mere three years before the dissolution of the 3.2 Holy Roman Emperors
Empire.
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Holy Roman Empire
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
Supplinburg dynasty
3.2.4
3.2.5
Welf dynasty
3.2.6
3.2.7
House of Luxembourg
3.2.8
House of Wittelsbach
3.2.9
House of Luxembourg
3.2.10
House of Habsburg
[5] Bryce, James (1968). The Holy Roman Empire. Macmillan. p. 530.
3.2.11
House of Wittelsbach
3.2.12
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Coronation
6 References
[1] Peter Hamish Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, 1495
1806, MacMillan Press 1999, London, page 2
[2] Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn: The Menace of the Herd or
Procrustes at Large Page: 164
[3] Robert Edwin Herzstein, Robert Edwin Herzstein: The
Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages: universal state
or German catastrophe?
The Emperor was crowned in a special ceremony, traditionally performed by the Pope in Rome, using the [10] enumerated as successor of Lothair II, who was King of
Lotharingia 855869 but not Emperor
Imperial Regalia. Without that coronation, no king, despite exercising all powers, could call himself Emperor. [11] Emperor-Elect.
In 1508, Pope Julius II allowed Maximilian I to use the
title of Emperor without coronation in Rome, though [12] enumerated as successor of Rudolph I who was German
King 12731291.
the title was qualied as Electus Romanorum Imperator
(elected Emperor of the Romans). Maximilians successors adopted the same titulature, usually when they became the sole ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. Maximilians rst successor Charles V was the last to be crowned
Emperor.
See also
Concordat of Worms
Emperor for other uses of the title Emperor in
western Europe.
First Council of the Lateran
Holy Roman Emperors family tree
Holy Roman Empress
King of the Romans
List of German monarchs
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