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	Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elected King of the Romans in 1486 at the initiative of his father, he also stood at the head of the Holy Roman Empire upon his father's death in 1493.
		The war only ended with a success of the Empire after his death.
		Maximilian was born in Vienna as the son of the Emperor Frederick III and Eleanore of Portugal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maximilian_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor - Open Encyclopedia
		He was the son of Philip I and Joanna of Castile and grandson of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile and of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Marie, Duchess of Burgundy.
		Charles (February 24, 1500 - September 21 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor (as Charles V) from 1519-1558; he was also King of Spain from 1516-1556, officially as Charles I of Spain, although often referred to as Charles V ("Carlos Quinto" or "Carlos V") in Spain and Latin America.
		As Holy Roman Emperor, he called Martin Luther to the Diet of Worms in 1521, promising him safe conduct if he would appear.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

	Frederick Barbarossa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Friendly relations were entered into with the East Roman emperor Manuel, and attempts were made to come to a better understanding with Henry II of England and Louis VII of France.
		Abroad, Frederick intervened in the Danish civil war between Svend III and Valdemar I of Denmark, and negotiations were begun with the East Roman emperor, Manuel I Comnenus.
		In October 1166, he went once more on journey to Italy to secure the claim of his Antipope Pascal, and the coronation of his wife Beatrice as Holy Roman Empress.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frederick_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

	Frederick II, Holy Roman emperor and German king. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		1194–1250, Holy Roman emperor (1220–50) and German king (1212–20), king of Sicily (1197–1250), and king of Jerusalem (1229–50), son of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI and of Constance, heiress of Sicily.
		Despite his promises to Pope Innocent III that when crowned Holy Roman emperor he would separate Sicily from the empire by establishing a regency there for his infant son Henry, he reversed these arrangements in 1220.
		With his rule the great days of the German empire ended and the rise of states in Italy began.
	www.bartleby.com /65/fr/Fred2HRE.html

	Charles V, Holy Roman emperor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		1500–1558, Holy Roman emperor (1519–58) and, as Charles I, king of Spain (1516–56); son of Philip I and Joanna of Castile, grandson of Ferdinand II of Aragón, Isabella of Castile, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and Mary of Burgundy.
		His brother Ferdinand, king of Bohemia and Hungary (later Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I), was elected king of the Romans, or German king, in 1531.
		After bribing the electors, he was chosen Holy Roman emperor in succession to his grandfather, and in 1520 he departed for Germany.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ch/Charles5HRE.html

	Karl V (1500-1558)
		Holy Roman emperor (1519–56), king of Spain (as Charles I, 1516–56), and archduke of Austria (as Charles I, 1519–21), who inherited a Spanish and Habsburg empire extending across Europe from Spain and the Netherlands to Austria and the Kingdom of Naples and reaching overseas to Spanish America.
		Charles was the son of Philip I the Handsome, king of Castile, and Joan the Mad, and the grandson of Emperor Maximilian I. and Mary of Burgundy, as well as of the “Catholic Kings” Isabella I the Catholic, of Castile, and Ferdinand II the Catholic, of Aragon.
		The newly started war between the Emperor and France also came to a close when the mother of Francis I approached Margaret of Austria, the Emperor's aunt, through whose mediation the “ladies' peace” of Cambrai was concluded in August 1529.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/EmperorKarl-V/EmperorKarl-V.html

	Holy Roman Emperor - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Holy Roman Emperor
		To become Holy Roman Emperor, the ruler had formally to be crowned in Rome by the pope.
		When, on the death of the previous emperor, a candidate gained a majority vote from the electors and was then crowned at Aachen, he was officially titled King of the Romans.
		After the death of Emperor Sigismund, the title effectively passed to his in-laws, the Habsburg family.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Holy+Roman+Emperor

	Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the same year Matthias was recognized as head of the house of Habsburg and as future Holy Roman emperor, as a result of Rudolf's illness.
		After Matthias's accession as Holy Roman emperor, his policy was dominated by Klesl, who hoped to bring about a compromise between Catholic and Protestant states within the empire in order to strengthen it.
		His conciliatory policies were opposed by the more intransigent Catholic Habsburgs, particularly Matthias's brother Archduke Maximilian, who hoped to secure the succession for the inflexible Catholic archduke Ferdinand (later Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matthias,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (349 words)

	AllRefer.com - Wenceslaus, Holy Roman emperor (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Wenceslaus died shortly afterward and was succeeded by Sigismund as king of Bohemia.
		Wenceslaus 1361–1419, Holy Roman emperor (uncrowned) and German king (1378–1400), king of Bohemia (1378–1419) as Wenceslaus IV, elector of Brandenburg (1373–76), son and successor of Emperor Charles IV.
		Wenceslaus refused to recognize the deposition, but he retired to Bohemia; in 1411, after Rupert's death, he surrendered his claim to Germany to Sigismund.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/Wencesl.html (613 words)

	Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sigismund (February 14/15, 1368- December 9, 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 to 1437.
		In 1410, in a disputed election, Sigismund was elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
		His rivals to the title were his elder half-brother Wenceslaus of Bohemia, who had never accepted his deposition as emperor ten years earlier, and Jobst of Moravia, who was elected in a rival election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sigismund,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (613 words)

	Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Germany (1368-1437)
		Sigismund (1368-1437), Holy Roman emperor (1411-37) and king of Hungary (1387-1437) and Bohemia (1419-37), the son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV.
		Sigismund was elected Holy Roman emperor in 1410.
		Upon the death of Holy Roman Emperor Rupert, Sigismund was elected to succeed him, but he did not receive formal coronation at the hands of the pope until 1433.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Ranch/8882/Notes2/00233.htm (613 words)

	HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE 1
		The Holy Roman Empire, ended by a decision of the last Emperor, Francis II, on 6 August 1806, had already long ceased to be a major political power even though the prestige of the Imperial title conferred immense status and influence.
		The Holy Roman, or German Empire as it should better be described, could justly claim to be the successor of the Western Roman Empire despite its later foundation.
		The surest means of establishing dynastic rule was for the Emperor to insure that his immediate heir was the inevitable choice of the “Electors&; by having him nominated King of the Romans in his own lifetime.
	www.almanachdegotha.com /newpage9.htm (613 words)

	Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV of Germany (1316-1378)
		Charles IV (Holy Roman Empire), called Charles of Luxembourg (1316-78), king of Bohemia and of the Germans, Holy Roman emperor (1347-78; crowned 1355).
		Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV of Germany (1316-1378)
		harles IV (1316-78), emperor of the Romans, was born at Prague the son of John, king of Bohemia; was elected emperor (in opposition to Louis of Bavaria, died 1349) in 1346, as well as king of Italy at Milan in 1355.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Emperor Charles V
		Ferdinand insisted that the authority of princes in the empire, as settled be the agreement of Passan, should be legally recognized by a decree of the Diet, and the equality of the Catholic and Lutheran religions accepted.
		If he should also become emperor, and thus obtain a title to Milan as well, there would result a political condition against which the popes since Innocent III had constantly fought the union of Milan and Naples in one hand.
		On the 8th of May, 1521, the date of the edict against Luther, an offensive alliance against France was signed by representatives of the pope and the emperor.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03625a.htm (613 words)

	Holy Roman Empire
		After another lapse when the Carolingian line died out, the title of emperor, or Holy Roman emperor, was borne by successive dynasties of German kings almost continuously from the mid-10th century until the abolition of the empire.
		The Roman title of emperor, which had lapsed in western Europe in the 5th century, was revived in 800 by Pope Leo III and conferred on Charlemagne, king of the Franks.
		But its sovereign was usually the German king, and the German lands were always its chief component; after the mid-15th century, it was known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/HolyRomanEmpire/HolyRomanEmpire.html (613 words)

	Henry IV, Holy Roman emperor and German king. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		1050–1106, Holy Roman emperor (1084–1105) and German king (1056–1105), son and successor of Henry III.
		He was the central figure in the opening stages of the long struggle between the Holy Roman Empire and the papacy.
		The Normans then withdrew from Rome, taking Gregory, who had gained the hatred of the Romans, with them.
	www.bartleby.com /65/he/Henry4HRE.html (613 words)

	Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
		Frederick II (December 26, 1194–December 13, 1250), Holy Roman EmpireHoly Roman Emperor of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212, unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 until his death in 1250.
		Frederick's son Henry, sometimes styled Henry VII, especially during his period of rebellion in alliance with the Lombard League — not to be confused with Henry VII, Holy Roman EmperorHenry VII of the House of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor 1275-1313 — was born 1211 in Sicily, son of Frederick's first wife Constance of Aragon.
		Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (son of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor and Beatrix of Burgundy)
	www.infothis.com /find/Frederick_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (613 words)

	AH 330 (Hutchison): Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
		1355- Coronation with the Crown of the Lombards in Milan; coronation as Holy Roman Emperor in Rome.
		Holy Cross Chapel, Karlstein: located in the top of the tallest tower at Karlstein, it served as the treasury for the Imperial crown, sceptre, orb and other coronation regalia, as well as for the Emperor's most precious holy relics, including a piece of the True Cross.
		Particularly useful is the substantial catalogue of the exhibition held on the 500th anniversary of the Emperor's death in 1978 (Nuremberg).
	www.wisc.edu /arth/ah330/charles.html (613 words)

	Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II Maximilian II of the Habsburg dynasty was born July 31, 1527 at Vienna and died October 12, 1576 in Regensburg.
		Maximilian was king of Bohemia from 1562, king of Hungary from 1563 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1564 until his death.
		He was a son of his predecessor Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anne of Bohemia (1503–1547).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maximilian_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (451 words)

	Wenceslaus, King of the Romans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wenceslaus succeeded his father in both roles: Charles IV had been elected Holy Roman King and, in the expected course of things, crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope, but Wenceslaus never received the imperial title; the Bohemian title came to Wenceslaus by inheritance as Charles's son.
		As King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, until his death in 1419, he came into repeated conflict with the nobility, and sought to protect the religious reformer Jan Hus and his followers against the demands of the established Church for their suppression as heretics.
		Hus was executed in Constance in 1415, and the rest of Wenceslaus's reign in Bohemia featured precursors of the Hussite Wars that would follow his death.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wenceslaus,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (152 words)

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		Wenceslaus Wenceslaus, 1361-1419, Holy Roman emperor (uncrowned) and German king (1378-1400), king of Bohemia (1378-1419) as Wenceslaus IV, elector of Brandenburg (1373-76), son and successor of Emperor Charles IV.
		Wenceslaus II Wenceslaus II, 1271-1305, king of Bohemia (1278-1305) and of Poland (1300-1305), son and successor of Ottocar II.
		Wenceslaus III Wenceslaus III, c.1289-1306, king of Bohemia (1305-6) and of Hungary (1301-5), son and successor of Wenceslaus II.
	www.encyclopedia.com /search.asp?target=@DOCTITLE+Wenceslaus+I (260 words)

	Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was elected as a rival King of the Romans to Emperor Louis IV, succeeded his father John of Luxemburg as King of Bohemia and Count of Luxembourg in 1346 as his mother was Elizabeth (Eliška), heiress of Bohemia, daughter of King Wenceslaus II and sister of King Wenceslaus III of the Premyslid dynasty.
		Charles was crowned as emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1355.
		This family connection was celebrated publicly when Charles IV made a solemn visit to his nephew in 1378, just months before his death.
	www.lexington-fayette.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Charles_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (260 words)

	Ferdinand I, Holy Roman emperor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		1503–64, Holy Roman emperor (1558–64), king of Bohemia (1526–64) and of Hungary (1526–64), younger brother of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
		In the same year Ferdinand married Anna, daughter of Uladislaus II, king of Hungary and Bohemia, in fulfillment of a treaty (1515) between his grandfather, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and Uladislaus II.
		He was succeeded by his son, Maximilian II, who had been crowned king of Bohemia (1562) and king of Hungary (1563) and had been elected king of the Romans (1562) before Ferdinand’s death.
	www.bartleby.com /65/fe/Ferdi1HRE.html (260 words)

	Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor - FreeEncyclopedia
		Though the term "Holy Roman Empire" was not used for more than 200 years afterwards, Otto is usually considered its founder, and is counted as the first in a succession of emperors of various dynasties which ended only in 1806.
		Otto I the Great (912 - May 7, 973), son of Henry I the Fowler, king of the Germans, and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke of Saxony, King of Germany and arguably the first Holy Roman Emperor.
		On February 2, 962 Pope John XII[?] crowned Otto Emperor.
	openproxy.ath.cx /ot/Otto_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor.html (260 words)

	AllRefer.com - Charles V, Holy Roman emperor (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Charles V 1500–1558, Holy Roman emperor (1519–58) and, as Charles I, king of Spain (1516–56); son of Philip I and Joanna of Castile, grandson of Ferdinand II of AragOn, Isabella of Castile, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and Mary of Burgundy.
		• Maximilian I, 1459–1519, Holy Roman emperor and German king
		Charles V, Holy Roman emperor, German History, Biographies
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Charles5HRE.html (260 words)

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