Halie Romane Rik

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Halie Romane Rik

Sacrum Romanum Imperium
962–1806
Banner o Halie Romane Rik
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Quaternion Eagle o Halie Romane Rik
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The Halie Romane Rik c. 1600, imposed ower current state borders
The Halie Romane Rik c. 1600, imposed ower current state borders
StatusRik
CaipitalNo offeecial caipital, sindry imperial seats[a]
Common leidsSindry[b]
Releegion
Roman Catholicism[c]
Protestantism[d]
GovrenmentElective monarchy
Emperor 
• 962–973
Otto I (first)
• 1792–1806
Francis II (last)
LegislaturImperial Diet
Historical eraMiddle Ages
Early modren period
2 Februar 962
• Conrad II assumes croun o Burgundy
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]
Precedit bi
Succeedit bi
Middle Francia
East Francia
Confederation o the Rhine
Austrick Empire
Auld Swiss Confederacy
Kinrick o Proushie
Kinrick o Saxony
Duchy o Holstein
Duchy o Oldenburg
Free an Hanseatic Ceety o Hamburg
Principality o Reuss-Greiz
Duchy o Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Swadish Pomeranie
Electorate o Hesse
Principality o Nassau-Orange-Fulda
Principality o Waldeck
Duchy o Saxe-Weimar
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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
Imperial
Quaternion Eagle
Francis II
Details
StyleHis Imperial Majesty
First monarchCharlemagne
(as Emperor o the Romans)
Last monarchFrancis II
(as Electit Roman Emperor)
Formation25 December 800
Aboleetion6 August 1806
Appyntersee 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.

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  1. 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)
  2. German, Laitin, Italian, Czech, Pols, Dutch, French, Frisian, Slovene, Sorbian an ither leids.
  3. Roman Catholicism constitutit the single offeecial religion o the Empire till 1555.
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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

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