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History of the Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire portal gives an overview of events from about 900 to 1806, that affected the territories of the Empire and its leading aristocratic families.

Welcome The purpose of the Holy Roman Empire portal is to make it easy for readers to find and explore articles about the Holy Roman Empire and its aristocratic families, as well as enabling editors to come together to work to enhance the subject and its themes. New editors are warmly welcome and invited to participate in adding new articles and improving existing ones – the first steps are very easy. Article of the month Article of the month Emperor Henry IV Emperor Henry IV Henry IV was the son of Emperor Henry III and Empress Agnes. From 1053 he was co-regent, in 1056 he became King of the Romans and from 1084 until his forced abdication on 31 December 1105 by his son Henry V, he was Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Henry IV was the third emperor from the Salian dynasty. his was one of the most controversial rules of the Middle Ages, one of the most fascinating German imperial figures with one of the most chequered personal lives. His 50-year-long reign - the longest of the Early and High Middle Ages - polarised contemporary and subsequent generations of historians. His dispute with Pope Gregory VII and his journey to Canossa were the high point of the Investiture Controversy. More... Article management | Quick start Important noble families Agilolfings • Ahalolfings • Andechs • Aribonids • Arnulfing • Ascania • Babenberg • Balduin • Billung • Burcharding • Caroligians • Conradines • Diepolding-Rapotones • Ekkehardins • Emichones • Eppensteins • Etichonids • Ezzonids • Griffins • Habsburg • Hohenstaufen • Hohenzollern • Ludovingians • Luitpoldings • Luxembourg • Matfrieds• Meinhardiner • Nassau • Northeim • Obodrites • Ottonians • Popponids • Premyslid • Reginar • Salians • Sieghardingians • Spanheim • Supplinburg • Udalrichings • Unruochings • Welfs • Wigerics • Wittelsbach • Wettin • Wilhelminers • Württemberg • Zähringen Important imperial treaties, edicts and legal sources Peace of Augsburg • Confoederatio cum principibus ecclesiasticis • Constitutio Criminalis Carolina • Cuius regio, eius religio • Golden Bull of 1356 • Ems Punctation • Ewiger Landfriede • Peace of Constance • Treaty of Lunéville • Treaty of Venice • Jüngster Reichsabschied • German mediatization (Reichsdeputationshauptschluss) • Ottonian-Salian Imperial Church System • Peace of Passau • Sachsenspiegel • Schwabenspiegel • Statutum in favorem principum • Treaty of Bonn (921) • Peace of Westphalia • Edict of Worms • Concordat of Worms Conflicts and key events Augsburg Interim • Battle of the Three Emperors • War of the Austrian Succession • War of the Bavarian Succession • Walk to Canossa • Counter-emperors • Crusades • Investiture Controversy • Battle of Lechfeld • Battle of Legnano • War of the Palatine Succession • Defenestrations of Prague • Reformation • Schmalkaldic League • Schmalkaldic War • Seven Years' War • Thirty Years' War • Western Schism Terminology Imperial Army (Reichsarmee) • Free imperial city (Freie Reichsstadt) • Hasenrat • Perpetual Diet of Regensburg (Immerwährender Reichstag) • Interregnum • Coronation • Recess (Reichsabschied) • Imperial ban (Reichsacht) • Flags • Reichsdeputation • Reichsexekution • Reichsexekutionsordnung • Reichsfürstenrat • Imperial Italy (Reichsitalien) • Imperial Regalia (Reichskleinodien) • Imperial Register (Reichsmatrikel) • Imperial Prelate (Reichsprälat) • Imperial Reform (Reichsreform) • Imperial Government (Reichsregiment) • Imperial Knighthood (Reichsritterschaft) • Reichsstädtekollegium • Reichssturmfahne • Reservatrechte • Römermonat • Quaternionenadler • Wahlkapitulation Organisation of the Empire Structures Hoftag Imperial Prelates (Reichsprälat) Emperors Kings Imperial Estates (Reichsstände) Prince-electors (Kurfürst) Imperial Villages (Reichsdorf) Erzamt Imperial Princes (Reichsfürst) Imperial Counts (Reichsgraf) Free imperial cities Other imperially immediate estates Imperial Knights (Reichsritter) Institutions of the Empire Imperial Diet (Reichstag) Königliches Kammergericht to 1495 Reichskammergericht from 1495 Imperial Circle (Reichskreise) from 1495 Aulic Council (Reichshofrat) from 1498

History of the Holy Roman Empire Extent of the Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire (Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium) was the official name for the sovereign territory of the Roman-German Emperor from the Middle Ages to the year 1806. The name of the Empire is derived from the claim of its medieval rulers that it continued the tradition of the Ancient Roman Empire. The Holy Roman Empire is the forerunner of the modern nation-states of Germany and Austria. To distinguish it from the German Empire founded in 1871 it is also referred to by modern historians as the “Old Empire” (German: Altes Reich) more... Well known people of the Holy Roman Empire Emperors and kings Otto I • Otto II • Otto III • Henry II • Conrad II • Henry III • Henry IV • Henry V • Conrad III • Frederick I • Henry VI • Philip of Swabia • Otto IV • Frederick II • Henry VII • Louis IV • Charles IV • Frederick III • Charles V • Ferdinand I • Ferdinand II • Joseph I • Charles VII • Francis II Important church leaders Leo III • Gregory VII • Urban II • Innocent III • Alexander III • Leo X • Jan Hus • Martin Luther • Philip Melancthon • John Calvin Members New articles • 01.02 Portal:Holy Roman Empire • • Archive Wanted articles Brunswick-Celle - Eberhard I of Habsburg-Laufenburg - Frederick III of Veldenz - Lordship of Ochsenstein - Holstein-Glückstadt - Holstein-Oldenburg - Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin - Joanna of Ligny and St. Pol - Carmelite Church, Straubing - Conrad of Thierberg - Kraft I of Hohenlohe - Kreistag - Landkasten/ Landschaftskasse/ Landschaft (Bank) - Louis V of Lichtenberg - Louis of Eyb - Mangold of Sternberg - Margaret of Bavaria-Landshut - Otto of Lomello - Palatinate-Kleeburg - Treaty of Prague (1546) - Reichsrecht - Rerum Prussicarum - House of Schneeberg - Seehaufen - Ulrich III of Ortenburg - Untertanenpatent - House of Dernbach - House of Kruchfeld - House of Wichsenstein - more... •

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