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English: Flag-map of Holy Roman Empire (1779) Date: 10 February 2012: Source: Own work: Author: Дмитрий-5-Аверин ...
When the Holy Roman Empire took part in the Crusades, a war flag was flown alongside the black-gold imperial banner. This flag, known as the "Saint George Flag", was a white cross on a red background: the reverse of the St George's Cross used as the flag of Lombardy and England . [ 1 ]
The exact term "Holy Roman Empire" was not used until the 13th century, before which the empire was referred to variously as universum regnum ("the whole kingdom", as opposed to the regional kingdoms), imperium christianum ("Christian empire"), or Romanum imperium ("Roman empire"), [29] but the Emperor's legitimacy always rested on the concept ...
A map of the Holy Roman Empire within Europe ca. 1789: Image title: A map of the Holy Roman Empire within Europe, circa 1789.
Constituent Kingdom of the Holy Roman Empire 951–1806 (although its states became autonomous in 1176 and for most practical purposes it ceased to exist far earlier than 1806) 1805 – 1814 In 1805 Napoleon crowned himself King of Italy and subsequently created a client-kingdom in north-eastern Italy.
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 ...
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