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In the 18th century, the Holy Roman Empire consisted of approximately 1,800 such territories, the majority being tiny estates owned by the families of Imperial Knights. [2] This page does not directly contain the list but discusses the format of the various lists and offers some background to understand the complex organisation of the Holy ...
The Holy Roman Empire, [f] also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. [16] It developed in the Early Middle Ages , and lasted for a millennium until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars .
A map of the Imperial Circles as in 1560. Unencircled territories appear in white. When the Imperial Circles (Latin: Circuli imperii; German: Reichskreise) — comprising a regional grouping of territories of the Holy Roman Empire — were created as part of the Imperial Reform at the 1500 Diet of Augsburg, many Imperial territories remained unencircled.
Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of Germany (complete list, complete list) – Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (996–1002), King (983–1002) Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (1014–1024), King (1002–1024) Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (1027–1039), King (1024–1039) Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1046–1056), King (1028–1056)
With the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the imperial part of the name was dropped upon the city-state's restoration in 1815. Frankfurt was a major city of the Holy Roman Empire , being the seat of imperial elections since 885 and the city for imperial coronations from 1562 (previously in Free Imperial City of Aachen ) until 1792.
The Free Imperial City of Aachen, also known in English by its French name of Aix-la-Chapelle and today known simply as Aachen, was a Free Imperial City and spa of the Holy Roman Empire west of Cologne [1] and southeast of the Low Countries, in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle. [2]
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday in a land corruption case, a setback to nascent talks between his party and the ...
All of the nobles across the Holy Roman Empire were invited to the meeting, and many arrived on 25 July to attend. [5] Just as the assembly began, the wooden floor of the deanery, in which the nobles were sitting, broke under the stress, and people fell down through the first floor into the latrine in the cellar.