King of the Romans


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Note: "King of the Romans (Latin: Rex Romanorum; German: König der Römer) was the title used by the king of Germany following his election by the princes from the reign of Henry II (1002–1024, emperor from 1014) onward. The title predominantly amounted to being the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, a title long dependent upon coronation by the pope.

The title originally referred to any elected German king who had not yet been granted the imperial regalia and title of emperor at the hands of the pope. Later, it came to be used solely for the heir-designate to the imperial throne between his election (during the lifetime of a sitting emperor) and his succession upon the death of the emperor. The title became functionally obsolete with the abolition of the requirement for emperors to be crowned by the pope in 1508 but continued to be used as part of the emperor´s formal titles until the end of the Empire in 1806." - (en.wikipedia.org 29.10.2022)

[Last update: 2022/10/29]