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|Name = {{i|HRE}} Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation {{i|HRE}}
|Name = {{i|HRE}} Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation {{i|HRE}}
|NativeName = {{ILSize|Latin-icon.png|Latin Language}}: Sacrum Imperium Romanum Nationis Germanicae<br>{{ILSize|GermanL-icon.png|German Language}}: Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation
|NativeName = {{ILSize|Latin-icon.png|Latin Language}}: Sacrum Imperium Romanum Nationis Germanicae<br>{{ILSize|GermanL-icon.png|German Language}}: Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation
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|nexticon = ConfedRhine
|nexticon = ConfedRhine
|onlysuccessor = Confederation of the Rhine
|onlysuccessor = Confederation of the Rhine
|image = HRE.png
|image = Holy Roman Empire.png
|Caption = [[Catholicism|Holy]]? ❌ [[Roman Empire|Roman]]? ❌ [[Imperalism|Empire]]? ❌
|Caption = [[Catholicism|Holy]]? ❌ [[Roman Empire|Roman]]? ❌ [[Imperalism|Empire]]? ❌
|Alias = {{i|HRE}} HRE<br>Land of a Thousand Princes<br>{{Alias|Nazi-icon.png|German Third Reich|First German Reich}}
|Alias = {{i|HRE}} HRE<br>Land of a Thousand Princes<br>Universum Regnum (the whole kingdom)<br>{{i|ChrTheo}} [[Christian Theocracy|Imperium Christianum]] (Christian Empire)<br>{{i|RomeEmp}} [[Roman Empire|Romanum Imperium]] (Roman Empire)<br>German-Roman Empire<br>{{Alias|Nazi-icon.png|German Third Reich|First German Reich}}
|Time of Exist = 25 December 800/2 February 962 - 6 August 1806
|Time of Exist = 25 December 800/2 February 962 - 6 August 1806
|Government = {{i|EMon}} [[Elective Monarchism|Elective Monarchy]]<br>{{i|EnlightAb}} [[Enlightened Absolutism|Mixed Monarchy]] (after Imperial Reform)
|Government = {{i|EMon}} [[Elective Monarchism|Elective Monarchy]]<br>{{i|EnlightAb}} [[Enlightened Absolutism|Mixed Monarchy]] (after Imperial Reform)
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|Friends = {{SB}}{{i|Austrian Empire}} [[Austrian Empire]]<br>{{i|British Empire}} [[British Empire]]<br>{{i|Prussia}} [[Kingdom of Prussia]]<br>{{i|Poland-Lithuania}} [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]]<br>{{i|Spanish Empire}} [[Spanish Empire]]
|Friends = {{SB}}{{i|Austrian Empire}} [[Austrian Empire]]<br>{{i|British Empire}} [[British Empire]]<br>{{i|Prussia}} [[Kingdom of Prussia]]<br>{{i|Poland-Lithuania}} [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]]<br>{{i|Spanish Empire}} [[Spanish Empire]]
|Enemies = {{SB}}{{i|First French Empire}} [[First French Empire]]<br>{{i|Papal States}} [[Papal States]] (sometimes)<br>{{i|Byzantine}} [[Byzantine Empire]]<br>{{i|OttomanL}} [[Ottoman Empire]]<br>{{i|Kingdom of France}} [[Kingdom of France]]<br>{{i|KingdomPoland}} [[Kingdom of Poland]]
|Enemies = {{SB}}{{i|First French Empire}} [[First French Empire]]<br>{{i|Papal States}} [[Papal States]] (sometimes)<br>{{i|Byzantine}} [[Byzantine Empire]]<br>{{i|OttomanL}} [[Ottoman Empire]]<br>{{i|Kingdom of France}} [[Kingdom of France]]<br>{{i|KingdomPoland}} [[Kingdom of Poland]]
|Likes = {{SB}}{{i|AntiCath}} [[Anti-Catholicism|Ze antipope]]<br>{{i|Plutocracy}} [[Plutocracy|Bribes]]<br>Art & construction<br>{{i|RomeEmp}} [[Roman Empire|The Romans]]<br>{{i|Lutheran}} [[Lutheranism|Martin Luther]]<br>{{i|Austrian Empire}} [[Habsburg Monarchy|Habsburgs]]<br>{{i|EMon}} [[Elective Monarchism|His electors]]<br>{{i|Crusader}} [[Crusades]]
|Likes = {{SB}}{{i|AntiCath}} [[Anti-Catholicism|Ze antipope]]<br>{{i|Plutocracy}} [[Plutocracy|Bribes]]<br>Art & construction<br>{{i|RomeEmp}} [[Roman Empire|The Romans]]<br>{{i|Lutheran}} [[Lutheranism|Martin Luther]]<br>{{i|Austrian Empire}} [[Habsburg Monarchy|Habsburgs]]<br>{{i|EMon}} [[Elective Monarchism|His electors]]<br>{{i|Crusader}} [[Crusades]]<br>{{i|Charlemagne}} [[Charlemagne Thought|Charlemagne]]
|Dislikes = {{SB}}{{i|Papal States}} [[Papal States|ZE POPE]]!!!!!!!<br>Anyone who supports the pope<br>{{i|First French Empire}} [[First French Empire|French pigs]]<br>{{i|Bonapartism}} [[Bonapartism|Napoleon]]
|Dislikes = {{SB}}{{i|Papal States}} [[Papal States|ZE POPE]]!!!!!!!<br>Anyone who supports the pope<br>{{i|First French Empire}} [[First French Empire|French pigs]]<br>{{i|Bonapartism}} [[Bonapartism|Napoleon]]
|Preceded = {{AL}}{{i|Frankish}} [[East Francia]]<br>{{i|HRE}} [[Imperial Italy|Kingdom of Italy]]<br>{{i|Carolingian Empire}} [[Carolingian Empire]]
|Preceded = {{AL}}{{i|Frankish}} [[East Francia]]<br>{{i|HRE}} [[Imperial Italy|Kingdom of Italy]]<br>{{i|Carolingian Empire}} [[Carolingian Empire]]
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}}The '''Holy Roman Empire''' ('''HRE'''), also known as the '''Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation''' after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. He lasted for about a thousand years. He claims to be the legal successor to the {{i|RomeEmp}} [[Roman Empire]].
}}The '''Holy Roman Empire''' ('''HRE'''), also known as the '''Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation''' after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. He lasted for about a thousand years. He claims to be the legal successor to the {{i|RomeEmp}} [[Roman Empire]].


A common joke is that the Holy Roman Empire was not in fact, holy, Roman, nor an empire. Not holy refers to how HRE was not unified by {{i|Religion}} [[religion]] in his middle-latter days, and was not solely {{i|Catholicism}} [[Catholicism|Catholic]] and accepted {{i|Protestantism}} [[Protestantism]], which was seen as a heresy by Catholics. Not Roman refers to how HRE is actually {{i|Germania}} [[Germania|Germanic]], nowhere close of being {{i|RomeEmp}} [[Roman Empire|Roman]]. Not an empire refers to how an Empire is, at least in principle, a singular state. The HRE was a series of independent princedoms that existed as a loose confederation, and the title of Emperor itself was an {{i|EMon}} [[Elective Monarchism|elected position]], rather unusual for an Empire.
A common joke is that the Holy Roman Empire was not in fact, holy, Roman, nor an empire. Not holy refers to how HRE was not unified by {{i|Religion}} [[religion]] in his middle-latter days, and was not solely {{i|Catholicism}} [[Catholicism|Catholic]] and accepted {{i|Protestantism}} [[Protestantism]], which was seen as a heresy by Catholics. Not Roman refers to how HRE is actually {{i|Germania}} [[Germania|Germanic]], nowhere close of being {{i|RomeEmp}} [[Roman Empire|Roman]]. Not an empire refers to how an Empire is, at least in principle, a singular state. The HRE was a series of independent princedoms that existed as a loose confederation, and the title of Emperor itself was an {{i|EMon}} [[Elective Monarchism|elected position]], rather unusual for an Empire. These princedoms were governed by kings, dukes, counts, bishops, abbots and a bunch of other kinds of rulers, who were collectively known as princes.


== History ==
== History ==
On 25 December 800, Pope {{i|Papal States}} [[Papal States|Leo III]] crowned {{i|Frankish}} [[Francia|Frankish]] King {{i|Charlemagne}} [[Charlemagne Thought|Charlemagne]] as "Roman emperor", reviving the title in Western Europe for the first time since the fall of the ancient {{i|WestRome}} [[Western Roman Empire]] in 476.
On 25 December 800, Pope {{i|Papal States}} [[Papal States|Leo III]] crowned {{i|Frankish}} [[Francia|Frankish]] King {{i|Charlemagne}} [[Charlemagne Thought|Charlemagne]] as "Roman emperor", reviving the title in Western Europe for the first time since the fall of the ancient {{i|WestRome}} [[Western Roman Empire]] in 476.


When Charlemagne died in 814, the {{i|Frankish}} [[Francia|Frankish Empire]] was eventually passed to his grandsons and was divided into three separate realms by the Treaty of {{i|Verdun}} [[Verdun]] in 843: {{i|West Francia}} [[West Francia]], {{i|Middle Francia}} [[Middle Francia]] ({{i|Lotharingia}} [[Lotharingia]]) and {{i|East Francia}} [[East Francia]]. In 962, {{i|Feudalism}} [[Feudalism|Otto I]] was crowned emperor by Pope {{i|Papal States}} [[Papal States|John XII]].
When Charlemagne died in 814, the {{i|Frankish}} [[Francia|Frankish Empire]] was eventually passed to his grandsons and was divided into three separate realms by the Treaty of {{i|Verdun}} [[Verdun]] in 843: {{i|West Francia}} [[West Francia]], {{i|Middle Francia}} [[Middle Francia]] ({{i|Lotharingia}} [[Lotharingia]]) and {{i|East Francia}} [[East Francia]]. Over at the German side, all the royal family died and the people needed a new {{i|Mon}} [[Monarchism|king]], so the nobles choose one. So, a pattern emerges: the German nobility give the new king some rules: first, nobility and lords and stuff isn't just a job anymore, it's now a title, with land attached, which goes from father to son, no matter what the king says. Second, a king has to be elected by the nobles. That means every single king has to renegotiate the rules. So, in {{i|KOEngland}} [[Kingdom of England|England]] and {{i|Kingdom of France}} [[Kingdom of France|France]], the monarchy is gaining power after each generation, while it's the opposite for Germany.


During the 11th and 12th centuries, Western Europe was rocked by the Investiture Controversy (in which two  sides debated over whether the Pope or the Emperor gets to appoint bishops), and the Holy Roman Emperor {{i|Catholicism}} [[Catholicism|Henry IV]] journeyed to {{i|Canossa}} [[Canossa]] Castle in 1077, this was known as the infamous "Road to Canossa". It was a major loss and humiliation for {{i|Mon}} [[Monarchism|imperial authority]], as Henry IV had to stand barefoot in the snow for three days just to get Pope {{i|Catholicism}} [[Catholicism|Gregory VII]] to lift his excommunication.
In 962, {{i|Feudalism}} [[Feudalism|Otto I]] of the {{i|East Francia}} [[East Francia]] was crowned emperor by Pope {{i|Papal States}} [[Papal States|John XII]]. He wants to end the situation of all the independent lands, and he wants to hire someone that rules over them that he can freely fire. But no matter who he gives the lands to, they're going to flip out if they can't give it to their son, and all the nobles will rise against the emperor. But what if he could give the lands to somebody that are permanently celibate and are well-educated enough to run a kingdom? So, Otto began to hire bishops as his underlings. So when they die, all their land goes back to Otto and Otto can choose any member of the clergy to replace them. But, the bishops not only listen to the emperor, they also listen to: the pope. The pope at that point is just controlled by whoever's most powerful. Otto IS the most powerful and the pope dies, and Otto selects a pope that he can control.
 
The fact that the Roman Empire and Holy Roman Empire are not connected at all is hurting HRE's feelings. He didn't care about creating a {{i|Centralism}} [[Centralism|centralized]] state, he just wanted to conquer {{i|Rome}} [[Rome|Italy]].
 
During the 11th and 12th centuries, Western Europe was rocked by the Investiture Controversy (in which two  sides debated over whether the Pope or the Emperor gets to appoint bishops). In 1073, Pope {{i|Catholicism}} [[Catholicism|Gregory VII]] allied with Italian rulers for the anti-HRE alliance, claiming that the Pope's authority tops all earthly positions. So in 1076 king {{i|Mon}} [[Monarchism|Henry IV]] responded by calling him a heretic and told him to get out of the church. Gregory excommunicated him, and the feudal lords have found a just reason to revolt against Henry IV. They gathered together and concluded that if Henry IV doesn't get back into the church within a year the king would be deposed and unrecognized. The feudal lords thought surely Henry wouldn't run back to the church. But to make the plans of the feudal lords fail, the Henry journeyed to {{i|Canossa}} [[Canossa]] Castle in 1077 (where the Pope was), and this was known as the infamous "Road to Canossa". It was a major loss and humiliation for {{i|Mon}} [[Monarchism|imperial authority]], as Henry IV had to stand barefoot in the snow for three days just to get Gregory VII to lift his excommunication. But, at least the revolting hearts of the lords have been crushed and the title of king was saved. The next step was to invade Italy.
 
In 1084, the Henry IV with the newly gained title of "Holy Roman Emperor" (before he was just "King of Germany") stormed back into Italy with an army with the excuse of settling revolts. He installed his own pope {{i|Puppet}} [[Puppet Dictatorship|Victor III]], and forced Gregory VII to flee. But the "Roman dream" haven't lasted even days when {{i|Normandy}} [[Normans|Norman]] leader {{i|Imp}} [[Imperialism|Robert Guiscard]] came and chased them out of Italy.


The HRE played a huge role in the Crusading craze of the Middle Ages. He joined up for the {{i|Crusader}} [[Second Crusade]] in 1147, though honestly, it didn’t go great, and the crusader armies got wrecked in {{i|Seljuk}} [[Anatolia]].
The HRE played a huge role in the Crusading craze of the Middle Ages. He joined up for the {{i|Crusader}} [[Second Crusade]] in 1147, though honestly, it didn’t go great, and the crusader armies got wrecked in {{i|Seljuk}} [[Anatolia]].
HRE was very insecure about his low level of {{i|RomeEmp}} [[Roman Empire|Romaness]]. If it comes down legitimately, it was {{i|West Francia}} [[West Francia]] that had actually been under Roman control and spoke closer languages to {{i|Latin}} [[Latin Language|Latin]], and the {{i|East Francia}} [[East Francia]] whom the HRE had descended from was no more than a batch of barbarians. To cover this, he boasted around his pseudo-Roman culture and each king became more "Roman" than the next. In 1157, he even adapted the title of "Holy Roman Empire". Before, he did not have a name and is just referred to as the "whole kingdom", "{{i|ChrTheo}} [[Christian Theocracy|Christian empire]]" or "Roman empire".


Moving into the 12th and 13th centuries, the HRE was ruled by the powerful {{i|Hohenstaufen}} [[Hohenstaufen Dynasty]], with emperors like {{i|HRE}} [[Monarchism|Frederick I Barbarossa]], who tried to flex on the Italian city-states and {{i|Papal States}} [[Papal States|the Pope]] but kept getting smacked down by both. Frederick drowned in a river during the {{i|Crusader}} [[Third Crusade]] in 1190.
Moving into the 12th and 13th centuries, the HRE was ruled by the powerful {{i|Hohenstaufen}} [[Hohenstaufen Dynasty]], with emperors like {{i|HRE}} [[Monarchism|Frederick I Barbarossa]], who tried to flex on the Italian city-states and {{i|Papal States}} [[Papal States|the Pope]] but kept getting smacked down by both. Frederick drowned in a river during the {{i|Crusader}} [[Third Crusade]] in 1190.
In 1532, Holy Roman Empire makes {{i|Homosex}} [[Homosexuality|sodomy]] punishable {{i|Homophobia}} [[Homophobia|by death]].
At the Battle of {{i|Vienna}} [[Vienna]] (1683), the {{i|HRE}} [[Army of the Holy Roman Empire]], led by the Polish king {{i|Stratocracy}} [[Stratocracy|John III Sobieski]], decisively defeated a large {{i|Ottoman}} [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish]] army, stopping the western Ottoman advance and leading to the eventual dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire in Europe. The army was one third forces of the {{i|Poland-Lithuania}} [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] and two thirds forces of the Holy Roman Empire.


The HRE joined in the first and second {{i|AntiNapCo}} [[Anti-Napoleonic Coalition|coalitions]] against {{i|Bonapartism}} [[Bonapartism|Napoleon]]. The HRE ended in 1806, when {{i|First French Empire}} [[First French Empire|France]] came and shattered his already broken self into pieces.
The HRE joined in the first and second {{i|AntiNapCo}} [[Anti-Napoleonic Coalition|coalitions]] against {{i|Bonapartism}} [[Bonapartism|Napoleon]]. The HRE ended in 1806, when {{i|First French Empire}} [[First French Empire|France]] came and shattered his already broken self into pieces.
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== Relationships ==
== Relationships ==
=== Friends ===
=== Friends ===
*{{i|Spanish Empire}} [[Spanish Empire]] - My ambitious little cousin.  
*{{i|Austrian Empire}} [[Austrian Empire]] - We're family!
*{{i|Spanish Empire}} [[Spanish Empire]] - My ambitious little cousin.
*{{i|RomeEmp}} [[Roman Empire]] - I'm your true successor, the Pope said so!


=== Frenemies ===
=== Frenemies ===
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*{{i|Papal States}} [[Papal States]] - YOU DAMN POPE, I AM THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH NOT YOU! YOU DARE CALL MY EMPEROR ZE ANTICHRIST?! ANCHLUSS POPE! ANTIPOPES ARE ZE BEST!!! I'M A HUNDRED TIMES BIGGER THAN YOU, YOU CAN9T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!
*{{i|Papal States}} [[Papal States]] - YOU DAMN POPE, I AM THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH NOT YOU! YOU DARE CALL MY EMPEROR ZE ANTICHRIST?! ANCHLUSS POPE! ANTIPOPES ARE ZE BEST!!! I'M A HUNDRED TIMES BIGGER THAN YOU, YOU CAN9T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!
*{{i|First French Empire}} [[First French Empire]] - HOW AND WAI YUO KILL ME!?!? WAI YOU CHOP ME UP INTO THOUSANDS OF TINY COUNTRIES!?!? ANCHLUSS BAGUETTE!!!1!!1! YOU ENDED ME!!! REMOVE!!!
*{{i|First French Empire}} [[First French Empire]] - HOW AND WAI YUO KILL ME!?!? WAI YOU CHOP ME UP INTO THOUSANDS OF TINY COUNTRIES!?!? ANCHLUSS BAGUETTE!!!1!!1! YOU ENDED ME!!! REMOVE!!!
*{{i|Byzantine}} [[Byzantine Empire]] - My {{i|Crusader}} [[Crusades|crusaders]] killed you and then gave your dead clay to {{i|Ottoman}} [[Rise of the Ottoman Empire|kebab]]. Though now I regret giving you to kebab after I killed you, if I took your clay I would have lasted much longer… BUT AT LEAST I CONQUERED YOU! NOW YOU ARE MY TROPHY!
*{{i|Byzantine}} [[Byzantine Empire]] - My {{i|Crusader}} [[Crusades|crusaders]] killed you and then gave your dead clay to {{i|Ottoman}} [[Ottoman Beylik|kebab]]. Though now I regret giving you to kebab after I killed you, if I took your clay I would have lasted much longer… BUT AT LEAST I CONQUERED YOU! NOW YOU ARE MY TROPHY!


== How to draw ==
== How to draw ==
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== Gallery ==
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The Holy Roman Empire (HRE), also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. He lasted for about a thousand years. He claims to be the legal successor to the 🏳️ Roman Empire.

A common joke is that the Holy Roman Empire was not in fact, holy, Roman, nor an empire. Not holy refers to how HRE was not unified by 🏳️ religion in his middle-latter days, and was not solely 🏳️ Catholic and accepted 🏳️ Protestantism, which was seen as a heresy by Catholics. Not Roman refers to how HRE is actually 🗡️ Germanic, nowhere close of being 🏳️ Roman. Not an empire refers to how an Empire is, at least in principle, a singular state. The HRE was a series of independent princedoms that existed as a loose confederation, and the title of Emperor itself was an 🏳️ elected position, rather unusual for an Empire. These princedoms were governed by kings, dukes, counts, bishops, abbots and a bunch of other kinds of rulers, who were collectively known as princes.

History

On 25 December 800, Pope 🏳️ Leo III crowned 🏳️ Frankish King 🏳️ Charlemagne as "Roman emperor", reviving the title in Western Europe for the first time since the fall of the ancient 🏳️ Western Roman Empire in 476.

When Charlemagne died in 814, the 🏳️ Frankish Empire was eventually passed to his grandsons and was divided into three separate realms by the Treaty of 🏳️ Verdun in 843: 🏳️ West Francia, 🏳️ Middle Francia (🏳️ Lotharingia) and 🏳️ East Francia. Over at the German side, all the royal family died and the people needed a new 🏳️ king, so the nobles choose one. So, a pattern emerges: the German nobility give the new king some rules: first, nobility and lords and stuff isn't just a job anymore, it's now a title, with land attached, which goes from father to son, no matter what the king says. Second, a king has to be elected by the nobles. That means every single king has to renegotiate the rules. So, in 🏳️ England and 🏳️ France, the monarchy is gaining power after each generation, while it's the opposite for Germany.

In 962, 🏳️ Otto I of the 🏳️ East Francia was crowned emperor by Pope 🏳️ John XII. He wants to end the situation of all the independent lands, and he wants to hire someone that rules over them that he can freely fire. But no matter who he gives the lands to, they're going to flip out if they can't give it to their son, and all the nobles will rise against the emperor. But what if he could give the lands to somebody that are permanently celibate and are well-educated enough to run a kingdom? So, Otto began to hire bishops as his underlings. So when they die, all their land goes back to Otto and Otto can choose any member of the clergy to replace them. But, the bishops not only listen to the emperor, they also listen to: the pope. The pope at that point is just controlled by whoever's most powerful. Otto IS the most powerful and the pope dies, and Otto selects a pope that he can control.

The fact that the Roman Empire and Holy Roman Empire are not connected at all is hurting HRE's feelings. He didn't care about creating a 🏳️ centralized state, he just wanted to conquer 🏳️ Italy.

During the 11th and 12th centuries, Western Europe was rocked by the Investiture Controversy (in which two sides debated over whether the Pope or the Emperor gets to appoint bishops). In 1073, Pope 🏳️ Gregory VII allied with Italian rulers for the anti-HRE alliance, claiming that the Pope's authority tops all earthly positions. So in 1076 king 🏳️ Henry IV responded by calling him a heretic and told him to get out of the church. Gregory excommunicated him, and the feudal lords have found a just reason to revolt against Henry IV. They gathered together and concluded that if Henry IV doesn't get back into the church within a year the king would be deposed and unrecognized. The feudal lords thought surely Henry wouldn't run back to the church. But to make the plans of the feudal lords fail, the Henry journeyed to 🏳️ Canossa Castle in 1077 (where the Pope was), and this was known as the infamous "Road to Canossa". It was a major loss and humiliation for 🏳️ imperial authority, as Henry IV had to stand barefoot in the snow for three days just to get Gregory VII to lift his excommunication. But, at least the revolting hearts of the lords have been crushed and the title of king was saved. The next step was to invade Italy.

In 1084, the Henry IV with the newly gained title of "Holy Roman Emperor" (before he was just "King of Germany") stormed back into Italy with an army with the excuse of settling revolts. He installed his own pope 🏳️ Victor III, and forced Gregory VII to flee. But the "Roman dream" haven't lasted even days when 🏳️ Norman leader 🏳️ Robert Guiscard came and chased them out of Italy.

The HRE played a huge role in the Crusading craze of the Middle Ages. He joined up for the 🏳️ Second Crusade in 1147, though honestly, it didn’t go great, and the crusader armies got wrecked in 🏳️ Anatolia.

HRE was very insecure about his low level of 🏳️ Romaness. If it comes down legitimately, it was 🏳️ West Francia that had actually been under Roman control and spoke closer languages to 🏳️ Latin, and the 🏳️ East Francia whom the HRE had descended from was no more than a batch of barbarians. To cover this, he boasted around his pseudo-Roman culture and each king became more "Roman" than the next. In 1157, he even adapted the title of "Holy Roman Empire". Before, he did not have a name and is just referred to as the "whole kingdom", "🏳️ Christian empire" or "Roman empire".

Moving into the 12th and 13th centuries, the HRE was ruled by the powerful 🏳️ Hohenstaufen Dynasty, with emperors like 🏳️ Frederick I Barbarossa, who tried to flex on the Italian city-states and 🏳️ the Pope but kept getting smacked down by both. Frederick drowned in a river during the 🏳️ Third Crusade in 1190.

In 1532, Holy Roman Empire makes 🏳️ sodomy punishable 🏳️ by death.

At the Battle of 🏳️ Vienna (1683), the 🏳️ Army of the Holy Roman Empire, led by the Polish king 🏳️ John III Sobieski, decisively defeated a large 🏳️ Turkish army, stopping the western Ottoman advance and leading to the eventual dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire in Europe. The army was one third forces of the 🏳️ Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and two thirds forces of the Holy Roman Empire.

The HRE joined in the first and second 🏳️ coalitions against 🏳️ Napoleon. The HRE ended in 1806, when 🏳️ France came and shattered his already broken self into pieces.

Relationships

Friends

Frenemies

  • 🏳️ Prussia - You grew up under my roof, so don't always act like you're better than me.

Enemies

  • 🏳️ Papal States - YOU DAMN POPE, I AM THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH NOT YOU! YOU DARE CALL MY EMPEROR ZE ANTICHRIST?! ANCHLUSS POPE! ANTIPOPES ARE ZE BEST!!! I'M A HUNDRED TIMES BIGGER THAN YOU, YOU CAN9T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!
  • 🏳️ First French Empire - HOW AND WAI YUO KILL ME!?!? WAI YOU CHOP ME UP INTO THOUSANDS OF TINY COUNTRIES!?!? ANCHLUSS BAGUETTE!!!1!!1! YOU ENDED ME!!! REMOVE!!!
  • 🏳️ Byzantine Empire - My 🏳️ crusaders killed you and then gave your dead clay to 🏳️ kebab. Though now I regret giving you to kebab after I killed you, if I took your clay I would have lasted much longer… BUT AT LEAST I CONQUERED YOU! NOW YOU ARE MY TROPHY!

How to draw

Imperial Banner of the Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire has a drawing rating of hard.

  1. Draw a ball.
  2. Fill it with yellow.
  3. Draw a black two-headed eagle with halos surrounding its heads.
  4. Add eyes and done.

Color Name HEX
Yellow #FFCC1E
Black #070707
Red #A8121C

Color Name HEX
Upper Black Shade #333333
Lower Black Shade #332D2C
Nose Red #550000
Dark Red #850E17
Red Border #780000
Halo Beige #9C7C4B
Outer Halo #DECA9E
Middle Halo #EAD6A7
Middle-Inner Halo #F3DFAF
Inner Halo #F7E3B3
Eye Outline #2A2A2A
White #FFFFFF

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    Original infobox art
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    Old attempt at German history
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