FAMILY PORTRAITS OF HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE RULERSRoman
Theodora was a queen of the Roman Empire. Her speech during the Nika riots demonstrated her great skill as a leader as she was able to resolve the political disagreements between the Blues and the Greens, the rioters who were destroying public property at that time. She convinced the two sid...
ofthe dukesofBavaria was Henry the Lionofthe houseofWelf , founderofMunich, and de facto the second most powerful man in the empire as theruler oftwo duchies. When in 1180, Henry the Lion was deposed as Dukeof Saxonyand Bavaria by his cousin, Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (a.k.a....
2. Crowned Emperor of the West in 800. His brother, Carloman, ruled as king of the Eastern Franks from 768 until his death in 771. 3. Holy Roman Emperor, 814–840. 4. Holy Roman Emperor, 875–877 as Charles II. 5. Ruled jointly, 879–882. ...
"She was wife of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Granddaughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, and Mother of Philip II (Husband to Queen Mary). Charles V, of Spain and the Hapsburg Empire, needed to make a strong political alliance. He looked to the west to Portugal. Isabella brought unity to...
For the first time since the fifteenth century, the Habsburgs had to relinquish the headship of the Holy Roman Empire, albeit only for a few years, on the election of the Wittelsbach Karl Albert in 1742. After his death in 1745, the office fell back into Habsburg hands, or more ...
There were also numerous rebellions throughout the empire during the Pax Romana. In Judea, an unsuccessful revolt by the Jews in A.D. 66 to 74 resulted in the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, the most holy site for Jews, by Roman forces; the abandonment of Qumran, the site...
These wars marked the start of Valois rivalry with the Habsburgs (ruling house of the Holy Roman Empire), a rivalry which lasted until the end of the French dynasty. The French Renaissance occurred during the reigns of Francis I and Henry II (reigned 1547–59). The Wars of Religion (...
the name of several rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Austrian monarchy. Ferdinand I. Born Mar. 10, 1503, in Alcalá de Henares, Spain; died July 25, 1564, in Vienna. Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1556; archduke of Austria; member of the Hapsburg dynasty. ...
Holy Roman Empress:1114–1125 Lady of the English:1141 (disputed with King Stephen) Widow of the Holy Roman Emperor, Matilda was named by her father, Henry I of England, as his successor. She fought a long war of succession with her cousin, Stephen, who seized the throne before Matilda ...