Charles owed his destiny to his grandfather, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian ... Charles’ grandfather Emperor Maximilian died. Although the imperial crown had now been held by the Habsburgs ...

it became incorporated as part of the Holy Roman Emperor’s Imperial Regalia, the collection of objects that were bestowed upon the H.R.E.’s monarch including the crown. The Lance of Vienna ...

“I believe it all the more necessary to find out the truth from two slave women, whom they call deaconesses, even by torture,” he wrote to the Roman Emperor Trajan.” I found nothing but ...

A Medieval silk bag the size of a clenched fist is revealing previously little-known links between Westminster Abbey and Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor. The bag, which remains in the ...

As much as Julius Nepos refused to recognize his legitimacy and continued to hold the title in parallel until his death in 475 AD, history considers the last Western Roman emperor to be Romulus ...

The second and eldest surviving child of Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbutte, Maria Theresa was immediately acknowledged as the rightful heir of the Holy ...