holy roman emperor

Duchess Mary "The Rich" of Burgundy was the daughter of Charles the Bold and Isabella of Bourbon. She married Archduke Maximilian of Austria, who became Holy Roman Emperor and had two surviving children with him: Philip 1, King of Castile and Margaret, Governor of the Netherlands. Mary died due...

As part of a TL on the ascension of Gaston of France to the throne after the death of Louis XIII in 1630, causing Richelieu's fall from power, I would like to know what would be the consequences on the Thirty Years' War? The Cardinal brought France into the war in 1635 alongside Sweden, already...

Archduke Leopold Johann of Austria was the only male child of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, born on 13 April 1716 he died on 4 November, dooming Austria to a disastrous War of Succession, however if the Archduke succeeded survive until old age, get married and have descendants what would be...

Charles III was the last continuous Carolingian Emperor/Holy Roman Emperor of the Carolingian Dynasty due to the fact that he had no legitimate heirs to pass his title and power. Though he had a son named Bernard with an unknown Mistress he was never legitimized and there was some speculation...

Hey all, So, as we all know, the Holy Roman Emperor was elected by the various prince-electors, all of whom held their main titles in Germany and Bohemia. However, the HRE ruled much of Italy for a long time, and the Emperor was legitimised by the Catholic Church and was always crowned by the...

In OTL, Charles V, Holy Roman Empire and King of Spain, had only one legitimate son, that being Philip II of Spain. He had other sons, but they died in infancy or were still-born. Due to this, he gave his son, Philip, the throne of Spain, and his brother, Ferdinand, the throne to the HRE. What...

As the title states, what's the largest Holy Roman Empire possible between the crowning of Charlemagne and the year the French Consulate (headed by Napoleon, whose actions led to its dissolution) took power in France? Do note that this alt-HRE can shrink in size after reaching its peak...

Before the Kalmar War of 1611-13 broke out Gustav II of Sweden nearly found himself in a marriage with Elisabeth of Bohemia, who was James I/VI's daughter. OTl, the wife of Friedrich V of the Palatinate Electorate. It was only the Kalmar War that made marriage impossible as Anne, who had been...

I know this is a pretty popular thread about having the Netherlands being inherited by someone other than Phillip II. However, as is often pointed out one of the more likely candidates for this is Charles's daughter Maria of Austria and by extension her husband Maximillian II, the son of...

The Holy Roman Empire is famously known as a joke. It was not Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. It was a feudal mess, that lacked the National identity, centralization, and singular leadership to actually function as nation-state. Because of this, it is seen as a joke. The challenge, with a POD...

The Holy Roman Empire, as a territorial institution, became moribund following setbacks in imperial power such as, in order, the Interregnum of the 13th century (which arguably prompted the Golden Bull of 1356 which enshrined the elector system), the Protestant Reformation, and the Thirty Years'...

What would happen if in the election of 1656, Louis XIV becomes Holy Roman Emperor? I've heard that Cardinal Mazarin attempted to have him elected as emperor but failed because the Habsburgs controlled the empire. In an alternate timeline, it would be interesting to see how Louis XIV becoming...

Hello everyone. So, Richard of Cornwall, son of King John of England and brother of Henry III, was elected King of Germany in 1257, and formally held that title until his death in 1272. However, he was never crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope, and his kingship over Germany was contested by...

Napoleon defeated the Coalition in 1806, at Austerlitz, and Francis II dissolved the Holy Roman Empire. I've heard, that Francis II dissolved the empire, because he didn't want Napoleon from becoming Holy Roman Emperor himself, so he dissolved it. But did Napoleon really want the title? He saw...