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Also Known As Heiliges Römisches Reich • Sacrum Romanum Imperium
Date 800 - 1806

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Holy Roman Empire in 800
orb of the Holy Roman Empire
routes of barbarian invasions of Europe
Donation of Constantine
Charlemagne and Leo III
Louis the Pious
Arnulf
plaque with Christ receiving Magdeburg Cathedral from Emperor Otto I
Schism of 1054
Gregory VII excommunicating clergymen
Charlemagne: His influence on religion and politics
The origin of the expression walk to Canossa
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Major Events

Napoleon I
French Revolutionary wars
Battle of Blenheim; War of the Spanish Succession
War of the Spanish Succession
Investiture Controversy
Peace of Westphalia
Peace of Westphalia
Charles V
Peace of Augsburg
Europe after the Thirty Years' War, 1648
Thirty Years’ War
King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden at the Battle of Breitenfeld
Battle of Breitenfeld
John (king of England)
Battle of Bouvines
Charles V
Sack of Rome
Declaration of Pillnitz
The Siege of Vienna, 1529
Siege of Vienna
Golden Bull of Emperor Charles IV
Diet of Worms
Diet of Worms
The Battle of Dessau, 1626
Battle of Dessau
Henri, Viscount of Turenne
Battle of Freiburg
Europe after the Thirty Years' War, 1648
Battle of Nördlingen
Battle of Wittstock
treaties of Rastatt and Baden
Concordat of Worms
Concordat of Worms
Augsburg Interim

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Germany
France
France
Italy
Italy
Český Krumlov
Bohemia
historical region, Europe
Sanssouci Palace
Brandenburg
historical margravate, Germany
Jülich
town and historical duchy, Germany
Berg
former duchy, Germany
Barrois
historical county, France
Hanover
historical state, Germany

Key People

portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
German astronomer
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Frederick I during the Crusades
Frederick I
Holy Roman emperor
Henry IV
Henry IV
Holy Roman emperor
Louis IV
Holy Roman emperor
Louis the Pious
Louis I
Holy Roman emperor
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Bohemian military commander
Maximilian I
Maximilian I
Holy Roman emperor
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni: portrait of Joseph II
Joseph II
Holy Roman emperor
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa
Holy Roman empress
Leopold I
Leopold I
Holy Roman emperor
Henry III
Henry III
Holy Roman emperor
Otto I and Edith
Otto I
Holy Roman emperor
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3 duque de Alba
Spanish soldier and statesman
Conrad II
Holy Roman emperor
Charles IV
Charles IV
Holy Roman emperor
Henry II, detail from a statue, c.1235; from a portal in the Bamberg Cathedral, Germany
Henry II
Holy Roman emperor
Ferdinand II
Holy Roman emperor

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