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- The new title provided Charlemagne with legal authority to punish those who conspired against Leo, gave him status that some saw as equal to the Eastern Roman emperor’s, and sanctioned his role as the guardian of Christendom.
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Charlemagne was crowned “emperor of the Romans” by Pope Leo III in 800 CE, thus restoring the Roman Empire in the West for the first time since its dissolution in the 5th century.
The East Francian king Otto the Great conquered Italy and was crowned emperor in 962, founding the Holy Roman Empire which would last as an institution until its dissolution in 1806. According to historian Jennifer Davis, Charlemagne "invented medieval rulership" and his influence can be seen at least into the nineteenth century.
Jun 27, 2023 · Charlemagne’s devotion to Christianity—and his protection of the popes—was recognized on Christmas Day 800, when Pope Leo III crowned him Emperor of the Romans at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
Nov 24, 2022 · Charlemagne was crowned emperor, but in the intervening centuries, that title would evolve into Leader of the Holy Roman Empire, which did not exist during Charlemagne's time. Once crowned ...
It was favoured by the long minority—until 1065—of Henry IV (crowned 1084; died 1106), which enabled the papacy to act without fear of intervention from north of the Alps, and by the appearance of allies—particularly the Normans of the Kingdom of Sicily, who for their own purposes supported the papacy against the empire.
Following the example of Charlemagne’s coronation as “Emperor of the Romans” in 800, Otto was crowned emperor in 962 by Pope John XII in Rome, thus intertwining the affairs of the German kingdom with those of Italy and the papacy.
