Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (10859 bytes)
1: ...seph_II.jpg|thumb|250px|Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II]]
3: ...band [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis I]]. Joseph was one of the so-called "[[enlightened absolutis...
5: ...s if he were amusing himself; the result was that Joseph acquired a habit of crude and superficial study. ...
7: ...uccessor [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold II]], all enlightened rulers of the [[18th century]]...
9: ... Gravier, Comte de Vergennes|Vergennes]], who met Joseph when he was travelling incognito in [[1777]], jud...

Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (3750 bytes)
1: ...mage:Joseph_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor.jpg|thumb|150px|Joseph I.]]
3: ... elder son of the emperor [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold I]] and his third wife, Eleanora, countes...
5: ...e crown of [[Hungary]], and be became king of the Romans on [[January 6]], [[1690]]. In 1699 he married W...
7: ...as disturbed by the conflict with Francis Rákóczi II, who eventually took refuge in France.
9: ...er [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]]. Joseph died in Vienna, of [[smallpox]].

Holy Roman Emperor (3271 bytes)
1: ...was, with some variation, the ruler of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the predecessor of modern [[Germany]], ...
3: ...dieval theory, referred to as ''[[translatio imperii]].''
5: ... of "Holy Roman Emperor", as the name of the Holy Roman Empire itself, was only used in later centuries.
7: ...ons in [[feudal law]]). By contrast, the title of emperor had a more religious connotation, suggesting the ...
11: ...nation of the pope either, but considered himself emperor directly.

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (3359 bytes)
1: ...rudolf2.jpg|thumb|200px|Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II]]
3: ... II''' [[Habsburg]] was an emperor of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], king of [[Bohemia]], and king of [[Hung...
5: ... was Maria, a daughter of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]].
7: ...pable of ruling because he was plagued by [[melancholy]] and later became subject to occasional fits of ...
9: ...revolt was provoked by Rudolf's attempt to impose Roman Catholicism in Hungary. In [[1608]], Matthias for...

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (8474 bytes)
1: [[Image:Grave of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.jpg|thumb|300px|Grave of Otto I in [[Magdeburg]]...
3: ...mperor]]. (While [[Charlemagne]] had been crowned emperor in [[800]], his empire fell apart amidst successi...
6: ... [[cupbearer]], [[Eberhard of Franconia|Eberhard III of Franconia]] as a [[steward]], and [[Gilbert of...
15: ...th ([[950]]), possibly by poisoning, of [[Lothair II of Italy|Lothair of Arles]], the Italian throne w...
25: ...e out in the city between those who supported the emperor and those who supported John. John returned to po...

Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1292 bytes)
1: ...ing of Germany ([[1208]]-[[1215]]) and Holy Roman Emperor from [[1209]] - 1215.
3: ...y, [[1214]]) decisively to the forces of [[Philip II of France]] nothing happened. He was deposed in ...
8: ...erors|King of Germany]]'''<br>''Also [[Holy Roman Emperor]]''
9: ...r>'''[[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]]'''
12: [[Category:Holy Roman emperors]]

Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (11606 bytes)
1: ...old_II.jpg|thumb|250px|Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II]]
3: ...heresa]] and her husband, [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis Stephen of Lorraine]]. Leopold was one of...
5: ...[1764]] with Maria Louisa, daughter of [[Charles III of Spain]], and on the death of his father Franci...
7: ...st brother [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]] in [[1790]] he was employed in reforming the ad...
11: ...the request. He was still in Florence when Joseph II died at Vienna on [[February 20]] [[1790]], and h...

Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (5282 bytes)
1: ...g]] in [[1024]] and crowned emperor of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] on [[March 26]], [[1027]], the first mem...
3: During his reign, he proved that the [[Holy Roman Empire|German]] [[monarchy]] had become a viable ...
5: ... and emperor [[Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry II]] used these findings to force Conrad into tempor...
7: ...hed [[Rome]], where [[Pope John XIX]] crowned him emperor on Easter, [[1027]].
9: ...er Emperor [[Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry III]], became chief counsellor of his father.

Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (4290 bytes)
1: [[Image:Francis I Holy Roman Emperor.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Francis I]]
2: ...uke of [[Tuscany]]. He was also known as Francis III Stephen, [[Duke of Lorraine]].
4: ...his grandfather. Emperor [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]] favoured the family, who, besides be...
6: ...ther as [[duke of Lorraine]] in [[1729]], but the emperor, at the end of the [[War of the Polish Succession...
8: ...ion to [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VII]], and she made him co-[[regent]] of her heredita...

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (10062 bytes)
1: ... I of Castile]] and of [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] and [[Mary of Burgundy|Marie, Duchess of Burgun...
4: [[Image:Emperor_charles_v.png|thumb|left|"Emperor Charles V with a Baton" by [[Rubens]], copy of a ...
8: ...a]] and was [[Prince-elector|elected]] Holy Roman Emperor on [[June 28]], [[1519]].
10: ...d the Infanta Isabella in 1526, sister of [[John III of Portugal]], who had shortly before married Cat...
15: ...the Pope from annulling the marriage of [[Henry VIII]] of [[England]] and [[Catherine of Aragon]], who...

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (4530 bytes)
1: [[Image:Francis_II.jpg|thumb|Francis II]]
4: ...re was disbanded. He was also Francis I, first [[Emperor]] of [[Austria]] (ruling from [[1804]] to [[1835]...
6: ...a son of [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold II of Austria]] (1747-1792) and his wife Maria Luisa...
8: ...Treaty of Lunéville]], which dissolved the [[Holy Roman Empire]], weakening [[Austria]] and decentralizin...
10: ...peror. Francis essentially became a vassal of the Emperor of France. The [[Napoleonic wars]] drastically we...

Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (10463 bytes)
2: ... of Duke [[Frederick II, Duke of Swabia|Frederick II of Swabia]] and Judith of Bavaria, from the rival...
4: ... accompanied his uncle, the German king [[Conrad III]] on the [[Second Crusade]]. The expedition prov...
6: ...ated the news of his election to [[Pope Eugenius III]], but neglected to ask for the papal confirmatio...
8: ...eiress of [[Renaud III, Count of Burgundy|Renaud III]], adding the [[County of Burgundy]], also known ...
10: ... which resulted in the [[excommunication]] of the emperor in 1160. In response, Frederick declared his sup...

Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor (4532 bytes)
1: ...ry was crowned king at [[Rome]] by [[Pope Sergius II]] on [[June 15]], [[844]].
3: ...th of his father in September [[855]] became sole emperor.
8: ...his marriage invalid, obtained the support of the emperor, who reached Rome with an army in February 864; b...
10: ...o in [[869]] he made an alliance with the eastern emperor, [[Basil I]], who sent him some ships to assist i...
12: ...crowned a second time as emperor by [[Pope Adrian II]] on [[May 18]], [[872]].

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (4920 bytes)
2: ...[July 27]], [[1564]]) was one of the [[Habsburg]] emperors that at various periods during his life ruled ov...
6: ...bsence, and in [[1531]] was elected ''King of the Romans'', making him his brother's designated heir.
8: ...he support of his brother [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles]].
15: ...erdinand's eldest son [[Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian]] (1527-1576).
21: * [[Charles II of Austria|Karl II]] (1540-1590)

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (28853 bytes)
1: ...ederick II Holy Roman Emperor.jpg|thumb|Frederick II (left) meets al-Kamil (right)]]
3: ...er of that monarchy from [[1215]], and Holy Roman Emperor from [[1220]] until his death in 1250. His empire...
10: ...ire. Upon her death in [[1198]], [[Pope Innocent III]] succeeded as Frederick's guardian until he was ...
12: ...is oldest son Henry took the title of King of the Romans.
14: Unlike most Holy Roman emperors, Frederick spent little of his life in Germany. ...

Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (2432 bytes)
3: ... Years' War]]. He was also the king of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] during most of the Thirty Years' War.
5: ...), [[Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand III]] (1608-1657), [[Leopold Wilhelm]]). His second w...
7: He was the leading champion of the Roman Catholic [[Counter-Reformation]] and of absolutis...
12: ...er=[[Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand III]]|title=[[List of rulers of Austria|Archduke of I...
13: ...Roman Emperor|Ferdinand III]]|title1=[[Holy Roman Emperor]]|title2=[[King of Hungary]]|title3=[[King of Boh...

Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (4516 bytes)
1: ...the fifth and last [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]] of the Saxon or [[Ottonian]] dynasty.
3: ... As his father had rebelled against two previous emperors, he was often in exile. This led the younger He...
5: ...Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto III]], when the emperor died in January [[1002]]. Knowing that oppositio...
9: ...ere [[Pope Benedict VIII]] crowned him Holy Roman Emperor on [[14 February]] [[1014]]. He took his duties ...
11: Henry's most significant contributions as emperor came in the realm of Church-State relations and C...

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (3735 bytes)
1: [[Image:Charles VI.jpg|thumb|250px|Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI]]
3: ...0]] and the second son of [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold I]] with his third wife ''Eleonore-Magdal...
7: ...heir of the Spanish [[Habsburg]]s. When [[Charles II of Spain]] made [[Philip V of Spain|Philip V]] hi...
9: ... Emperor's throne. In 1711 he was made Holy Roman Emperor in [[Frankfurt]].
17: ... had musical ambitions: Taught as a boy by Johann Joseph Fux, he composed, played the piano and now and th...

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (2415 bytes)
1: ...9 and, after 1314, [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]]. Louis died on [[October 11]], [[1347]].
3: Louis was the son of Louis II, Duke of Upper Bavaria, who was married to Beatri...
5: * [[Stephen II of Bavaria]], duke of Bavaria, born [[1317]]
9: * [[Louis VI the Roman]], duke of Bavaria, born [[1330]]
15: ... decree declaring "Jacque de Cahors" (Pope John XXII) deposed on grounds of heresy. He then installed...

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (5326 bytes)
1: ...[Image:Emperor_Maximilian_I.png|right|250px|thumb|Emperor Maximilian I]]
2: ...2]], [[1519]]) was [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]]
5: ...or [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick III]] and [[Eleanore of Portugal]]. He married ([[147...
9: ==Reign in the Holy Roman Empire==
10: ...Wars]]. He joined the [[Catholic_League_(Italian)|Holy League]] to counter the French. The war only ende...

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