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During the 10th to 13th centuries, the king was formally elected by the leading nobility in the realm, continuing the Frankish tradition. Gradually the election became the privilege of a group of princes called electors , and the Golden Bull of 1356 formally defined election proceedings.
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In the early 10th century, the Germanic peoples in the lands east of the Rhine and west of the Elbe and Saale rivers and the Bohemian Forest—as rudimentary and as thinly spread as their settlements were—had to face even more primitive and pagan races pressing in from farther east, especially the Magyars.
The Kingdom of Germany or German Kingdom (Latin: regnum Teutonicorum 'kingdom of the Germans', regnum Teutonicum 'German kingdom', regnum Alamanie "kingdom of Germany") was the mostly Germanic-speaking East Frankish kingdom, which was formed by the Treaty of Verdun in 843, especially after the kingship passed from Frankish kings to the Saxon ...
Otto the Great: German King, Holy Roman Emperor. Otto the Great was the most powerful figure in Europe in the first half of the 10th Century. His reign extended from Duke of Saxony to King of East Francia and then to Holy Roman Emperor. He ruled over a vast amount of territory.
Otto II: German King, Holy Roman Emperor. Otto II was Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany for the better part of two decades in the latter half of the 10th Century. He was born in 955 in Saxony. His father was the reigning King of Germany, Otto I, and his mother was Adelaide of Italy. His father named him King of Italy in 961, in preparation ...
Beginning in the 10th century, the German king was elected by the dukes, the leaders of the duchies that made up the realm. These duchies were semi-sovereign and often acted independently, though theoretically they were under the command of the king/Emperor.
