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4 days ago · Otto I, also known as Otto the Great, was the first emperor of what is traditionally considered the Holy Roman Empire after Charlemagne. Crowned in 962, his reign is notable for its consolidation of the empire through strong military leadership. Otto the Great defeated the Magyars at the Battle of Lechfeld in 955, which secured the empire’s ...
5 days ago · Since the 15th century, with few exceptions, the Empire's Prince-electors had chosen successive heads of the House of Habsburg from the Duchy of Austria to hold the title of Holy Roman Emperor.
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4 days ago · By the time he was six, Charles was already Lord of the Netherlands, a collection of semi-autonomous states that included Flanders, Brabant and Holland. When he was 16, he became co-monarch of Spain and its many dominions. And by 19, he would become Holy Roman Emperor, a title he acquired after bribing the princes who were the electors.
5 days ago · Hagia Sophia, an important Byzantine structure in Istanbul and one of the world’s great monuments. It was built as a Christian church in the 6th century ce (532–537) under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. In subsequent centuries it became a mosque, a museum, and a mosque again. The building reflects the religious changes ...
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5 days ago · The House of Habsburg-Lorraine retained Austria and attached possessions after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire; see below. A son of Leopold II was Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria whose wife was from the House of Savoy; a daughter Adelaide, Queen of Sardinia was the wife of King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia and King of Italy.
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4 days ago · The church was once the national church of the whole Holy Roman Empire in Rome. (Credit: Bénédicte Cedergren) Discussing the relative secludedness of most churches, Nalpon added, “You really get to discover the Eternal City — before sunrise, and with no crowds — both in its history and its current reality, and it really helps you fall ...
2 days ago · As governed by the Holy See, Vatican City State is an ecclesiastical or sacerdotal - monarchical state ruled by the Pope, who is the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church. [6] [22] The highest state functionaries are all Catholic clergy of various origins.
