Halie Romane Rik
(Reguidit frae Holy Roman Emperor)
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Halie Romane Rik Sacrum Romanum Imperium | |
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| 962–1806 | |
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 Quaternion Eagle
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 The Halie Romane Rik c. 1600, imposed ower current state borders | |
| Status | Rik |
| Caipital | No offeecial caipital, sindry imperial seats[a] |
| Common leids | Sindry[b] |
| Releegion | Roman Catholicism[c] Protestantism[d] |
| Govrenment | Elective monarchy |
| Emperor | |
• 962–973 | Otto I (first) |
• 1792–1806 | Francis II (last) |
| Legislatur | Imperial Diet |
| Historical era | Middle Ages Early modren period |
| 2 Februar 962 | |
| 2 Februar 1033 | |
| 25 September 1555 | |
| 24 October 1648 | |
| 2 December 1805 | |
• Francis II abdicatit | 6 August 1806 |
| Population | |
• 1200 | 5000000[1] |
• 1500 | 16000000[2][3] |
• 1618 | 21000000[4] |
• 1648 | 16000000[4] |
• 1786 | 26265000[5] |
| The day pairt o | |
The Halie Romane Empire or Rik[e] (Laitin: Sacrum Romanum Imperium, German: Heiliges Römisches Reich) wis a multi-ethnic complex o territories in central Europe that developit during the Early Middle Ages an continued till its dissolution in 1806.[6]
| Emperor o the Halie Romane Rik | |
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Imperial | |
Quaternion Eagle | |
 Francis II | |
| Details | |
| Style | His Imperial Majesty |
| First monarch | Charlemagne (as Emperor o the Romans) |
| Last monarch | Francis II (as Electit Roman Emperor) |
| Formation | 25 December 800 |
| Aboleetion | 6 August 1806 |
| Appynter | see Coronation o the Haly Roman Emperor |
| Pretender(s) | Poseetion abolished |
The leader o the rik wis kent as the Emperor or Kaiser (Cazard[f]) (full title German: Römisch-deutscher Kaiser, Laitin: Romanorum Imperator). Frae an autocracy in Carolingian times the teetle evolved intae an elected monarchy chosen bi the Prince-electors. Till the Reformation the Emperor elect (imperator electus) wis required tae be crouned bi the Pape afore assumin the imperial title.
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ The Empire haed no offeecial caipital, thou there war a nummer o imperial seat ceeties, which varied throuoot history: e.g. Vienna (Continuous Imperial Residenz Ceety, 1483–1806), Regensburg (Eternal Diet, 1663–1806) an Prague (1346–1437, 1583–1611)
- ↑ German, Laitin, Italian, Czech, Pols, Dutch, French, Frisian, Slovene, Sorbian an ither leids.
- ↑ Roman Catholicism constitutit the single offeecial religion o the Empire till 1555.
- ↑ Lutheranism wis offeecially recognised in the Peace o Augsburg of 1555, and Calvinism in the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. Those two constituted the only officially recognized Protestant denominations, while sindry ither Protestant confessions such as Anabaptism, Arminianism, etc. coexistit illegally within the Empire.
- ↑ Scots spellins "Rik" an "Cazard" uised in Robinson, Philip (1998). "Ulster Scots ettles wi tha Thrittie Years' Weir". CAIRN. 2: 15.
Again aw thir fowk wes anither compluther o Catholic pouers that brocht in tha Alemans an Austrien provinces an wes awreadie langelt in tha Halie Romane Rik, alang wi tha rump o tha provinces o tha Spains Netherlans
- ↑ Scots spellins "Rik" an "Cazard" uised in Robinson, Philip (1998). "Ulster Scots ettles wi tha Thrittie Years' Weir". CAIRN. 2: 15.
Freidrick wes a frein o Christiern IV, an his elecktion as king o Boheme in 1619 wes a direck challenge tae tha Catholic Airchduik Ferdinan o Austrick, that wes king o Boheme hisel forby bein Hailie Romane Cazard
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Atlas of Europe in the Middle Ages", Ostrovski, Rome, 1998, page 70
- ↑ Holy Roman Empire – 1500 – The German Empire
- ↑ Reich und Glaubensspaltung, Deutschland 1500–1600 by Horst Rabe, p.27
- ↑ a b Introduction to Global Politics by Richard W. Mansbach,Kirsten L. Taylor
- ↑ Nation und Nationalismus in Deutschland, 1770–1990 by Otto Dann
- ↑ Holy Roman Empire, Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 15 February 2014.