5 hours ago · Indeed, the unceremonious dissolution of the near thousand-year-old Holy Roman Empire in August 1806 had directly impacted the duke through a quarrel with the Danish-Norwegian crown prince regent over the future of Holstein. The duke claimed hereditary rights to this duchy and therefore resented its incorporation into the Danish-Norwegian state.
Member of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, electing the King and then Emperor of the Romans
The prince-electors ( pl.,,) were the members of the electoral college that elected the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. From the 13th century onwards, a small group of prince-electors gained the privilege of electing the King of the Romans. The king would then later be crowned Emperor by the pope. Charles V (elected in 1519) was the last emperor to be crowned (1530); his successors assumed the tit... Wikipedia
