King of the Romans

The title of king of the Romans ( rex romanorum ) is not a title Italy N, it is the title of the Germanic Roman Emperor after his election and before he is crowned by the Pape.

The title for the first time was used in 1002 for the emperor Henri II the Lame . Starting from Maximilien I {{er}} (1459-1519), the Germanic Roman Emperor is not crowned any more by the pope (except for Charles Quint who will be it in 1530), and titrates it of king of the Romans is used to designate the presumptive successor of the emperor, elected official of living of this last.

This possibility of making elect a successor of living even of the emperor by the Électeurs made it possible the Habsbourg to make sure a Hérédité of fact for the imperial load.

List kings of the Romans

Ottoniens

  • 1002 - 1024: Henri II '' the Saint '', emperor starting from 1014
Saliens House of Supplimbourg
  • 1125 - 1137: Lothaire III '' Saxon the '', emperor starting from 1133 under the name of Lothaire II
House of Hohenstaufen
  • 1138 - 1152: Conrad III
  • 1152 - 1190: Frederic I {{er}} '' Barberousse '', emperor starting from 1155
  • 1190 - 1197: Henri VI '' Cruel the '', emperor starting from 1191
Welf S
  • 1198 - 1218: Otton IV, emperor starting from 1209
    • 1198 - 1208: Philippe I {{er}} of Souabe, king of the Romans in competition with Otton IV
House of Hohenstaufen Great Interregnum
  • 1254 - 1256: Guillaume I {{er}} of Holland
    • 1257 - 1273: Alphonse I {{er}} of Castille anti-king
  • 1257 - 1272: Richard I {{er}} of Cornouailles
various Houses
  • 1273 - 1291: Rodolphe I {{er}} of Habsbourg
  • 1292 - 1298: Adolphe I {{er}} of Nassau
  • 1298 - 1308: Albert I {{er}} of Habsbourg
  • 1308 - 1313: Henri VIII of Luxembourg, emperor starting from 1312 under the name of Henri VII
  • 1314 - 1347: Louis V of Bavaria, emperor starting from 1328 under the name of Louis IV
    • 1314 - 1330: Frederic III Beautiful the, king of the Romans in competition with Louis V
  • 1347 - 1378: Charles IV of Luxembourg, emperor starting from 1355
    • 1349: Gunther de Schwarzbourg anti-king
  • 1378 - 1400: Wenceslas I {{er}} of Luxembourg
    • 1410: Frederic of Brunswick anti-king
  • 1401 - 1410: Robert I {{er}} of Bavaria
  • 1410 - 1437: Sigismond I {{er}} of Luxembourg, emperor starting from 1433
Habsbourg After Charles Quint all the kings of the Romans reach in theory the imperial throne. Only those which were elected kings of the Romans of living of their predecessor are mentioned here. The completion date of their reign is that of their accession to the Empire.

In 1806, the Saint Germanic Roman Empire was dissolves by François II and titrates it of king of the Romans ceased existing.

Others

In the Byzantine Empire (Roman Empire of the East) whose capital was Constantinople one used the Greek language: to return Latin imperator (emperor) one was satisfied with the word Basileus (king) so that the monarch carried the title of basileus your Rômaiôn i.e. king of the Romans .

Napoleon made give to his wire by Sénatus-consulte the title of King de Rome.

See too

  • List of the kings of the Romans having been crowned in Aachen

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