Holy Roman Emperor
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Holy Roman Emperor
The Holy Roman Emperor (, ) was the
elected monarch
ruling over the
Holy Roman Empire
, a
Central European
state
in existence during the
Middle Ages
and the
Early Modern
period. By convention the first Emperor was taken to be the
Frankish
king
Charlemagne
, crowned as
Emperor of the West
by
Pope Leo III
on
25 December
800
, although the Empire itself (as well as the style Holy Roman Emperor) did not come into use until some time later. Holy Roman Emperors were crowned by the
Popes
up until the
16th century
, and the last Emperor,
Francis II
, abdicated in
1806
during the
Napoleonic Wars
that saw the Empire's final dissolution.
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Holy Roman Emperor
Noun
1. sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire
(hypernym) Emperor
(hyponym) Charlemagne, Charles I, Charles the Great
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