Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire

Printed version of the abdication of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

The dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire occurred de facto on 6 August 1806, when Emperor Francis II abdicated his title and released all imperial states and officials from their oaths and obligations to the empire. Although the abdication was considered legal, the dissolution of the imperial bonds was not and several states refused to recognise the end of the empire at the time.

External links

• Abdication of Francis II on Wikisource

Sources

• Burgdorf, Wolfgang (2012). "'Once we were Trojans!' Contemporary Reactions to the Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation". In Evans, Robert J.; Wilson, Peter H. (eds.). The Holy Roman Empire, 1495–1806: A European Perspective. Leiden: Brill. pp. 51–76. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Forrest, Alan; Wilson, Peter H., eds. (2009). The Bee and the Eagle: Napoleonic France and the End of the Holy Roman Empire. Basingstoke: Palgrave. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Gagliardo, John G. (1980). Reich and Nation: The Holy Roman Empire as Idea and Reality, 1763–1806. University of Indiana Press. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Whaley, Joachim (2012). Germany and the Holy Roman Empire, Volume II: The Peace of Westphalia to the Dissolution of the Reich, 1648–1806. Oxford: Oxford University Press. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Wilson, Peter H. (2006). "Bolstering the Prestige of the Habsburgs: The End of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806". The International History Review. 28 (4): 709–36. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)