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The first monarch to be named such was the Frankish King Charlemagne, crowned in Rome at Christmas in the year 800. -
Charlemagne's coronation as emperor of the Romans in 800 set the example for subsequent kings, and it was Charlemagne's action in defending the pope against the rebellion of the people of Rome that began the notion of the emperor as protector of the Romans. church -
Many historians consider that the establishment of the Empire was a gradual process, beginning with the fragmentation of the Frankish kingdom in the Treaty of Verdun in 843 -
After the death of Louis IV in 911, the leaders of Germany, Bavaria, France and Saxony still chose a nobleman of Frankish stock as his successor. -
The Empire was formed in 962 under the Saxon dynasty from former East Francia -
His subsequent coronation as Emperor Otto I in 962 marks an important step, since then it became the Roman Empire. -
the year 962 is generally accepted as the year of the founding of the Holy Roman Empire -
On the other hand, the Hungarians settled down and began to establish diplomatic ties, eventually Christianizing and becoming a papal-blessed kingdom in the year 1000. -
This situation changed after the death of Henry II the Saint in 1024 without having left descendants. Conrad II, initiator of the Salian dynasty, was elected king only after successive debates -
The pope excommunicated the emperor in a synod of bishops and priests that he convened in Rome -
Conrad III of Germany came to the throne in 1138 and started a new dynasty, the Hohenstaufen. With it, the Empire entered a period of apogee under -
The Holy Roman Empire disappeared on August 6, 1806 when Francis II renounced the imperial crown to remain solely as Austrian emperor, due to the defeats suffered at the hands of Napoleon Bonaparte.