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Holy Roman Emperor r. 1355–1378: Henry IV King of England r. 1399–1413: Charles VII "the Victorious" King of France r. 1422–1461: Isabella of Valois: Richard II King of England r. 1377–1399: Anne of Bohemia: Catherine of Valois: Henry V King of England r. 1413–1422: Thomas of Lancaster Duke of Clarence † Battle of Baugé: Henry VI ...
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 ...
German–Danish War of 974: Holy Roman Empire Norwegian Rebels: Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Norway: Victory: Otto II: Franco-German War of 978-980: Holy Roman Empire: West Francia: Status quo ante bellum: Otto II: Otto II's raid on Poland: Holy Roman Empire: Civitas Schinesghe: Defeat: Otto II: Slavic revolt of 983: Holy Roman Empire: Wends ...
The non-contemporary name of 'Hohenstaufen' is derived from the family's Hohenstaufen Castle on Hohenstaufen mountain at the northern fringes of the Swabian Jura, near the town of Göppingen. [8] Under Hohenstaufen rule, the Holy Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent from 1155 to 1268. [9]
Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor. Ferdinand II: 1615–1619,1620-1637 Cousin of Matthias. Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor. House of Wittelsbach; Frederick I (Fridrich I.) 1619–1620 Elected by the Crown's Estates at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War, but after losing the Battle of White Mountain, he fled the country.
The latter territories mostly lay within the Holy Roman Empire and its borders, but were formally divided between fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire and French fiefs such as Charles's birthplace of Flanders, the last remnant of the Burgundian State, a powerful player in the Hundred Years' War. Since he was a minor, his aunt Margaret of Austria ...
This is a list of the dynasties that ruled the Roman Empire and its two succeeding counterparts, the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire.Dynasties of states that had claimed legal succession from the Roman Empire are not included in this list.
The House of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: D'Lëtzebuerger Haus; French: Maison de Luxembourg; German: Haus Luxemburg) or Luxembourg dynasty was a royal family of the Holy Roman Empire in the Late Middle Ages, whose members between 1308 and 1437 ruled as kings of Germany and Holy Roman emperors as well as kings of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia.