Holy Roman Emperor

The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans (Latin: Imperator Romanorum, German: Kaiser der Römer) during the middle ages, and also known as the German-Roman Emperor since the early modern period[1] (Latin: Imperator Germanorum, German: Römisch-deutscher Kaiser, lit. 'Roman-German emperor'), was the ruler and head of state of the Holy Roman Empire. The Empire was considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the only legal successor of the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. The title was held in conjunction with the title of King of Italy (Rex Italiae) from the 8th to the 16th century, and, almost without interruption, with the title of King of Germany (Rex Teutonicorum, lit. 'King of the Germans') throughout the 12th to 18th centuries.[2]

Not to be confused with Roman emperor.
For the racehorse, see Holy Roman Emperor (horse).

Emperor of the
Romans
Imperator Romanorum
Kaiser der Römer
Imperial
Double-headed Reichsadler used by the Habsburg emperors of the early modern period
First to reign
Charlemagne
25 December AD 800 – 28 January AD 814
Details
First monarchCharlemagne (AD 800 formation)
Otto the Great (AD 962 formation)
Last monarchFrancis II
Formation25 December 800 /
2 February 962
Abolition6 August 1806

In theory and diplomacy, the Emperors were considered primus inter pares, regarded as first among equals among other Roman Catholic monarchs across Europe.[3] In practice, an emperor was only as strong as his army and alliances, including marriage alliances, made him.

From an autocracy in Carolingian times (AD 800–924) the title by the 13th century evolved into an elective monarchy, with the Emperor chosen by the Prince-Electors. Various royal houses of Europe, at different times, became de facto hereditary holders of the title, notably the Ottonians (962–1024) and the Salians (1027–1125). Following the late medieval crisis of government, the Habsburgs kept possession of the title without interruption from 1440 to 1740. The final emperors were from the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, from 1765 to 1806. The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by Francis II, after a devastating defeat by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz.

The Emperor was widely perceived to rule by divine right, though he often contradicted or rivaled the Pope, most notably during the Investiture controversy. The Holy Roman Empire never had an empress regnant, though women such as Theophanu and Maria Theresa exerted strong influence. Throughout its history, the position was viewed as a defender of the Roman Catholic faith. Until Maximilian I in 1508, the Emperor-elect (Imperator electus) was required to be crowned by the Pope before assuming the imperial title. Charles V was the last to be crowned by the Pope in 1530. Even after the Reformation, the elected Emperor was always a Roman Catholic. There were short periods in history when the electoral college was dominated by Protestants, and the electors usually voted in their own political interest.

Title
Coats of arms of prince electors surround the imperial coat of arms; from a 1545 armorial. Electors voted in an Imperial Diet for a new Holy Roman Emperor.
Depiction of Charlemagne in a 12th-century stained glass window, Strasbourg Cathedral, now at Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame.
Further information: Emperor, Translatio imperii, and Problem of two emperors

From the time of Constantine I (r. 306–337), the Roman emperors had, with very few exceptions, taken on a role as promoters and defenders of Christianity. The reign of Constantine established a precedent for the position of the Christian emperor in the Church. Emperors considered themselves responsible to the gods for the spiritual health of their subjects, and after Constantine they had a duty to help the Church define orthodoxy and maintain orthodoxy. The emperor's role was to enforce doctrine, root out heresy, and uphold ecclesiastical unity.[4] Both the title and connection between Emperor and Church continued in the Eastern Roman Empire throughout the medieval period (in exile during 1204–1261). The ecumenical councils of the 5th to 8th centuries were convoked by the Eastern Roman Emperors.[5]

In Western Europe, the title of Emperor became defunct after the death of Julius Nepos in 480, although the rulers of the barbarian kingdoms continued to recognize the authority of the Eastern Emperor at least nominally well into the 6th century. In 797, the Eastern Emperor Constantine VI was deposed and replaced as monarch by his mother, Irene. The Papacy, which up until this point had continued to recognize the rulers in Constantinople as Roman Emperors, viewed the imperial throne as vacant since in their mind, a woman could not rule the empire.[6]

For this reason, Charlemagne, the King of the Franks and King of Italy, was crowned Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum) by Pope Leo III, as the successor of Constantine VI as Roman Emperor under the concept of translatio imperii.[6] On his coins, the name and title used by Charlemagne is Karolus Imperator Augustus and in his documents, he used Imperator Augustus Romanum gubernans Imperium ("August Emperor, governing the Roman Empire") and serenissimus Augustus a Deo coronatus, magnus pacificus Imperator Romanorum gubernans Imperium ("most serene Augustus crowned by God, great peaceful emperor governing the empire of the Romans"). The Eastern Empire eventually relented to recognizing Charlemagne and his successors as emperors, but as "Frankish" and "German emperors", at no point referring to them as Roman, a label they reserved for themselves.[7]

The title of Emperor in the West implied recognition by the pope. As the power of the papacy grew during the Middle Ages, popes and emperors came into conflict over church administration. The best-known and most bitter conflict was that known as the investiture controversy, fought during the 11th century between Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII.

After the coronation of Charlemagne, his successors maintained the title until the death of Berengar I of Italy in 924. The comparatively brief interregnum between 924 and the coronation of Otto the Great in 962 is taken as marking the transition from the Frankish Empire to the Holy Roman Empire. Under the Ottonians, much of the former Carolingian kingdom of Eastern Francia fell within the boundaries of the Holy Roman Empire.

Since 911, the various German princes had elected the King of the Germans from among their peers. The King of the Germans would then be crowned as emperor following the precedent set by Charlemagne, during the period of 962–1530. Charles V was the last emperor to be crowned by the pope, and his successor, Ferdinand I, merely adopted the title of "Emperor elect" in 1558. The final Holy Roman Emperor-elect, Francis II, abdicated in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars that saw the Empire's final dissolution.

The term sacrum (i.e., "holy") in connection with the German Roman Empire was first used in 1157 under Frederick I Barbarossa.[8]

The Holy Roman Emperor's standard designation was "August Emperor of the Romans" (Romanorum Imperator Augustus). When Charlemagne was crowned in 800, he was styled as "most serene Augustus, crowned by God, great and pacific emperor, governing the Roman Empire," thus constituting the elements of "Holy" and "Roman" in the imperial title.[9]

The word Roman was a reflection of the principle of translatio imperii (or in this case restauratio imperii) that regarded the (Germanic) Holy Roman Emperors as the inheritors of the title of Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, despite the continued existence of the Eastern Roman Empire.

In German-language historiography, the term Römisch-deutscher Kaiser ("Roman-German emperor") is used to distinguish the title from that of Roman Emperor on one hand, and that of German Emperor (Deutscher Kaiser) on the other. The English term "Holy Roman Emperor" is a modern shorthand for "emperor of the Holy Roman Empire" not corresponding to the historical style or title, i.e., the adjective "holy" is not intended as modifying "emperor"; the English term "Holy Roman Emperor" gained currency in the interbellum period (the 1920s to 1930s); formerly the title had also been rendered "German-Roman emperor" in English.[1]

Succession
Further information: Imperial election, Italienzug, and Family tree of the German monarchs
Illustration of the election of Henry VII (27 November 1308) showing (left to right) the Archbishop of Cologne, Archbishop of Mainz, Archbishop of Trier, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Brandenburg and King of Bohemia (Codex Balduini Trevirorum, c. 1340).

The elective monarchy of the kingdom of Germany goes back to the early 10th century, the election of Conrad I of Germany in 911 following the death without issue of Louis the Child, the last Carolingian ruler of Germany. Elections meant the kingship of Germany was only partially hereditary, unlike the kingship of France, although sovereignty frequently remained in a dynasty until there were no more male successors. The process of an election meant that the prime candidate had to make concessions, by which the voters were kept on his side, which was known as Wahlkapitulationen (electoral capitulation).

Conrad was elected by the German dukes, and it is not known precisely when the system of seven prince-electors was established. The papal decree Venerabilem by Innocent III (1202), addressed to Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen, establishes the election procedure by (unnamed) princes of the realm, reserving for the pope the right to approve of the candidates. A letter of Pope Urban IV (1263), in the context of the disputed vote of 1256 and the subsequent interregnum, suggests that by "immemorial custom", seven princes had the right to elect the King and future Emperor. The seven prince-electors are named in the Golden Bull of 1356: The Archbishop of Mainz, the Archbishop of Trier, the Archbishop of Cologne, the King of Bohemia, the Count Palatine of the Rhine, the Duke of Saxony and the Margrave of Brandenburg.

After 1438, the Kings remained in the house of Habsburg and Habsburg-Lorraine, with the brief exception of Charles VII, who was a Wittelsbach. Maximilian I (Emperor 1508–1519) and his successors no longer travelled to Rome to be crowned as Emperor by the Pope. Maximilian, therefore, named himself Elected Roman Emperor (Erwählter Römischer 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.

The Elector Palatine's seat was conferred on the Duke of Bavaria in 1621, but in 1648, in the wake of the Thirty Years' War, the Elector Palatine was restored, as the eighth elector. Electorate of Hanover was added as a ninth elector in 1692. The whole college was reshuffled in the German mediatization of 1803 with a total of ten electors, a mere three years before the dissolution of the Empire.

List of emperors
See also: List of German monarchs

This list includes all 47 German monarchs crowned from Charlemagne until the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire (800–1806).

Several rulers were crowned King of the Romans (King of Germany) but not emperor, although they styled themselves thus, among whom were: Conrad I of Germany and Henry the Fowler in the 10th century, and Conrad IV, Rudolf I, Adolf and Albert I during the interregnum of the late 13th century.

Traditional historiography assumes a continuity between the Carolingian Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, while a modern convention takes the coronation of Otto I in 962 as the starting point of the Holy Roman Empire (although the term Sacrum Imperium Romanum was not in use before the 13th century).

Frankish emperors
Further information: List of Frankish kings § Carolingians

The rulers who were crowned as Roman emperors in Western Europe between AD 800 and 915 were as follows:

800–888: Carolingian dynasty
Main article: Carolingian dynasty
Portrait Name
Lifespan		 Reign Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Charles I, the Great (Charlemagne)
742–814		 25 December 800 28 January 814
Louis I, the Pious
778–840		 11 September 813[10] 20 June 840 Son of Charles I
Lothair I
795–855		 5 April 823 29 September 855 Son of Louis I
Louis II
825–875		 29 September 855 12 August 875 Son of Lothair I
Charles II, the Bald
823–877		 29 December 875 6 October 877 Son of Louis I
Charles III, the Fat
839–888		 12 February 881 13 January 888 Grandson of Louis I

891–898: Widonid dynasty
Main article: Widonids
Portrait Name
Lifespan		 Reign Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Guy I
?–894		 891 12 December 894 Great-great grandson of Charles I
Lambert I
880–898		 30 April 892 15 October 898 Son of Guy I

896–899: Carolingian dynasty
Portrait Name
Lifespan		 Reign Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Arnulph
850–899		 22 February 896 8 December 899 Nephew of Charles III

901–905: Bosonid dynasty
Main article: Bosonids
Portrait Name
Lifespan		 Reign Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)

 Louis III, the Blind
880–928		 22 February 901 21 July 905 Grandson of Louis II

915–924: Unruoching dynasty
Main article: Unruochings
Portrait Name
Lifespan		 Reign Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Berengar I
845–924		 December 915 7 April 924 Grandson of Louis I

Holy Roman Emperors

There was no emperor in the west between 924 and 962.

While earlier Germanic and Italian monarchs had been crowned as Roman emperors, the actual Holy Roman Empire is usually considered to have begun with the crowning of the Saxon king Otto I. It was officially an elective position, though at times it ran in families, notably the four generations of the Salian dynasty in the 11th century. From the end of the Salian dynasty through the middle 15th century, the emperors drew from many different German dynasties, and it was rare for the throne to pass from father to son. That changed with the ascension of the Austrian House of Habsburg, as an unbroken line of Habsburgs held the imperial throne until the 18th century. Later a cadet branch known as the House of Habsburg-Lorraine passed it from father to son until the abolition of the Empire in 1806. Notably, the Habsburgs dispensed with the requirement that emperors be crowned by the pope before exercising their office. Starting with Ferdinand I, all successive emperors forwent the traditional coronation.

962–1024: Ottonian dynasty
Main article: Ottonian dynasty
Portrait Name
Lifespan		 King Emperor Ended Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Otto I, the Great
912–973		 7 August 936 2 February 962 7 May 973
Otto II, the Red
955–983		 26 May 961 25 December 967 7 December 983 Son of Otto I
Otto III
980–1002		 25 December 983 21 May 996 23 January 1002 Son of Otto II
Henry II[note 1]
973–1024		 7 June 1002 14 February 1014 13 July 1024 Second cousin of Otto III

1027–1125: Salian dynasty
Main article: Salian dynasty
Portrait Name
Lifespan		 King Emperor Ended Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Conrad II, the Elder[note 2]
990–1039		 8 September 1024 26 March 1027 4 June 1039 Great-great-grandson of Otto I
Henry III, the Black
1017–1056		 14 April 1028 25 December 1046 5 October 1056 Son of Conrad II
Henry IV
1050–1106		 17 July 1054 5 October 1056 7 August 1106 Son of Henry III
Henry V[11]
1086–1125		 6 January 1099 13 April 1111 23 May 1125 Son of Henry IV

1133–1137: Supplinburg dynasty
Portrait Name
Lifespan		 King Emperor Ended Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Lothair II[note 3]
1075–1137		 30 August 1125 4 June 1133 4 December 1137 Great-great-great-great-great-great-grandnephew of Otto I

1155–1197: Staufen dynasty
Main article: Hohenstaufen
Portrait Name
Lifespan		 King Emperor Ended Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Frederick I Barbarossa
1122–1190		 4 March 1152 18 June 1155 10 June 1190 Great-grandson of Henry IV
Henry VI
1165–1197		 15 August 1169 14 April 1191 28 September 1197 Son of Frederick I

1198–1215: Welf dynasty
Main article: House of Welf
Portrait Coat of arms Name
Lifespan		 King Emperor Ended Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Otto IV
1175–1218		 9 June 1198 21 October 1209 1215 Great-grandson of Lothair II

1220–1250: Staufen dynasty
Portrait Name
Lifespan		 King Emperor Ended Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Frederick II,
Stupor Mundi 1194–1250		 5 December 1212 22 November 1220 13 December 1250 Son of Henry VI

The interregnum of the Holy Roman Empire is taken to have lasted from the deposition of Frederick II by Pope Innocent IV (1245, alternatively from the death of Frederick 1250 or the death of Conrad IV 1254) to the election of Rudolf I of Germany (1273). Rudolf was not crowned emperor, nor were his successors Adolf and Albert. The next emperor was Henry VII, crowned on 29 June 1312 by Pope Clement V.

1312–1313: House of Luxembourg
Main article: House of Luxembourg
Further information: Interregnum (Holy Roman Empire)
Portrait Coat of arms Name
Lifespan		 King Emperor Ended Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Holy Roman Emperor
Coats of arms
 Henry VII
1273–1313		 27 November 1308 29 June 1312 24 August 1313 Great x11 grandson of Charles II

1314–1347: House of Wittelsbach
Main article: House of Wittelsbach
Portrait Coat of arms Name
Lifespan		 King Emperor Ended Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Holy Roman Emperor
Coats of arms
 Louis IV, the Bavarian
1282–1347		 20 October 1314 17 January 1328 11 October 1347 Far descendant of Henry IV and great-great-great-great-grandson of Lothair II

1346–1437: House of Luxembourg
Portrait Coat of arms Name
Lifespan		 King Emperor Ended Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Holy Roman Emperor
Coats of arms
 Charles IV
1316–1378		 11 July 1346 5 April 1355 29 November 1378 Grandson of Henry VII
Holy Roman Emperor
Coats of arms
 Sigismund
1368–1437		 10 September 1410
/21 July 1411		 31 May 1433 9 December 1437 Son of Charles IV

1440–1740: House of Habsburg
Main article: House of Habsburg

In 1508, Pope Julius II allowed Maximilian I to use the title of Emperor without coronation in Rome, though the title was qualified as Electus Romanorum Imperator ("elected Emperor of the Romans"). Maximilian's successors adopted the same titulature, usually when they became the sole ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. Maximilian's first successor Charles V was the last to be crowned Emperor by the Pope in Rome.

Portrait Coat of arms Name
Lifespan		 King Emperor Ended Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Frederick III, the Peaceful
1415–1493		 2 February 1440 16 March 1452 19 August 1493 second cousin of Albert II of Germany, Emperor designate.
Maximilian I
1459–1519		 16 February 1486 4 February 1508 12 January 1519 Son of Frederick III
Charles V
1500–1558		 28 June 1519 28 June 1519 27 August 1556 Grandson of Maximilian I
Ferdinand I
1503–1564		 5 January 1531 27 August 1556 25 July 1564 Brother of Charles V
Maximilian II
1527–1576		 22 November 1562 25 July 1564 12 October 1576 Son of Ferdinand I
Rudolph II[note 4]
1552–1612		 27 October 1575 12 October 1576 20 January 1612 Son of Maximilian II
Matthias
1557–1619		 13 June 1612 13 June 1612 20 March 1619 Brother of Rudolf II
Ferdinand II
1578–1637		 28 August 1619 28 August 1619 15 February 1637 Cousin of Matthias
Ferdinand III
1608–1657		 22 December 1636 15 February 1637 2 April 1657 Son of Ferdinand II
Leopold I
1640–1705		 18 July 1658 18 July 1658 5 May 1705 Son of Ferdinand III
Joseph I
1678–1711		 23 January 1690 5 May 1705 17 April 1711 Son of Leopold I
Charles VI
1685–1740		 12 October 1711 12 October 1711 20 October 1740 Brother of Joseph I

1742–1745: House of Wittelsbach
Portrait Coat of arms Name
Lifespan		 King Emperor Ended Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Charles VII
1697–1745		 24 January 1742 24 January 1742 20 January 1745 Great-great grandson of Ferdinand II; Son-in-law of Joseph I
  • King of Bohemia
  • Elector of Bavaria

1745–1765: House of Lorraine
Main article: House of Lorraine
Portrait Coat of arms Name
Lifespan		 King Emperor Ended Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Francis I
1708–1765		 13 September 1745 13 September 1745 18 August 1765 Great-grandson of Ferdinand III; Son-in-law of Charles VI

1765–1806: House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Portrait Coat of arms Name
Lifespan		 King Emperor Ended Relationship with predecessor(s) Other title(s)
Joseph II
1741–1790		 27 March 1764 18 August 1765 20 February 1790 Son of Empress Maria Theresa, de facto ruler of the empire, and Francis I.
Leopold II
1747–1792		 30 September 1790 30 September 1790 1 March 1792 Son of Empress Maria Theresa,de facto ruler of the empire, and Francis I. Brother of Joseph II.
Francis II
1768–1835		 5 July 1792 5 July 1792 6 August 1806 Son of Leopold II

Coronation
See also: Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor and Papal appointment

The Emperor was crowned in a special ceremony, traditionally performed by the Pope in Rome. Without that coronation, no king, despite exercising all powers, could call himself Emperor. In 1508, Pope Julius II allowed Maximilian I to use the title of Emperor without coronation in Rome, though the title was qualified as Electus Romanorum Imperator ("elected Emperor of the Romans"). Maximilian's successors adopted the same titulature, usually when they became the sole ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.[12] Maximilian's first successor Charles V was the last to be crowned Emperor.

Emperor Coronation date Officiant Location
Charles I 25 December 800 Pope Leo III Rome, Italy
Louis I 5 October 816 Pope Stephen IV Reims, France
Lothair I 5 April 823 Pope Paschal I Rome, Italy
Louis II 15 June 844 Pope Leo IV Rome, Italy
Charles II 29 December 875 Pope John VIII Rome, Italy
Charles III 12 February 881 Rome, Italy
Guy III of Spoleto 21 February 891 Pope Stephen V Rome, Italy
Lambert II of Spoleto 30 April 892 Pope Formosus Ravenna, Italy
Arnulf of Carinthia 22 February 896 Rome, Italy
Louis III 15 or 22 February 901 Pope Benedict IV Rome, Italy
Berengar December 915 Pope John X Rome, Italy
Otto I 2 February 962 Pope John XII Rome, Italy
Otto II 25 December 967 Pope John XIII Rome, Italy
Otto III 21 May 996 Pope Gregory V Monza, Italy
Henry II 14 February 1014 Pope Benedict VIII Rome, Italy
Conrad II 26 March 1027 Pope John XIX Rome, Italy
Henry III 25 December 1046 Pope Clement II Rome, Italy
Henry IV 31 March 1084 Antipope Clement III Rome, Italy
Henry V 13 April 1111 Pope Paschal II Rome, Italy
Lothair III 4 June 1133 Pope Innocent II Rome, Italy
Frederick I 18 June 1155 Pope Adrian IV Rome, Italy
Henry VI 14 April 1191 Pope Celestine III Rome, Italy
Otto IV 4 October 1209 Pope Innocent III Rome, Italy
Frederick II 22 November 1220 Pope Honorius III Rome, Italy
Henry VII 29 June 1312 Ghibellines cardinals Rome, Italy
Louis IV 17 January 1328 Senator Sciarra Colonna Rome, Italy
Charles IV 5 April 1355 Pope Innocent VI's cardinal Rome, Italy
Sigismund 31 May 1433 Pope Eugenius IV Rome, Italy
Frederick III 19 March 1452 Pope Nicholas V Rome, Italy
Charles V 24 February 1530 Pope Clement VII Bologna, Italy

See also

Notes
  1. Enumerated as successor of Henry I who was German King 919–936 but not Emperor.
  2. Enumerated as successor of Conrad I who was German King 911–918 but not Emperor
  3. Enumerated also Lothair III as successor of Lothair II, who was King of Lotharingia 855–869 but not Emperor
  4. Enumerated as successor of Rudolph I who was German King 1273–1291.

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