Holy Roman Empire

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Christian state early modern state elective monarchy former empire medieval state monarchy multi-ethnic polity

The Holy Roman Empire was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in Central Europe that existed from the early Middle Ages until 1806, centered on the German lands and ruled by an emperor who claimed a continuation of the legacy of the ancient Roman Empire.

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All labels observed (48)

Label Occurrences
Holy Roman Empire canonical 3,872
Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation 14
Heiliges Römisches Reich 6

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian state ⓘ
early modern state ⓘ
elective monarchy ⓘ
former empire ⓘ
medieval state ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
multi-ethnic polity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Heiliges Römisches Reich

Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation

Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Sacrum Romanum Imperium
capital Aachen ⓘ
Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
Regensburg ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
claimedHeritage Roman Empire ⓘ
commonLanguage German ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
currency Dutch guilder ⓘ
surface form: Gulden

Reichsthaler ⓘ
dissolutionCause Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
dissolved 1806 ⓘ
endTime 6 August 1806 ⓘ
firstRuler Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
surface form: Otto I
firstRulerTitle Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
followedBy Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire

Confederation of the Rhine ⓘ
German Confederation ⓘ
governmentForm elective monarchy ⓘ
feudal monarchy ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
inception 2 February 962 ⓘ
includedTerritory Duchy of Austria ⓘ
Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Bavaria

Duchy of Saxony ⓘ
Duchy of Swabia ⓘ
Bohemia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Bohemia

Kingdom of Germany ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Electorate of Cologne ⓘ
surface form: Prince-Archbishopric of Cologne

Prince-Archbishopric of Mainz ⓘ
Prince-Archbishopric of Trier ⓘ
judicialBody Reichshofrat ⓘ
Reichskammergericht ⓘ
lastRuler Francis I of Austria ⓘ
surface form: Francis II
lastRulerTitle Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
legislativeBody Imperial Diet ⓘ
motto Renovatio imperii Romanorum ⓘ
notableEvent Golden Bull of 1356 ⓘ
Peace of Augsburg ⓘ
Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
Thirty Years' War ⓘ
officialLanguage Latin ⓘ
partOf Western Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Latin Christendom
precededBy Carolingian Empire ⓘ
East Francia ⓘ
region Central Europe ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startTime 962 ⓘ

Referenced by (3,947)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War of the Spanish Succession → belligerent → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
George I of Great Britain → birthPlace → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Rampjaar (Disaster Year) 1672 → involvedCountry → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Rampjaar
Roman Empire → followedBy → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Council of Trent → countryAtTime → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars → countryInvolved → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Prince Eugene of Savoy → countryOfService → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Peace of Westphalia → countryInvolved → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Peace of Westphalia → locationCountry → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Grand Alliance → hasMember → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Republic of Letters → hasGeographicScope → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Arch-treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire → country → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Arch-treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire → appliesToJurisdiction → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Fürth, Bavaria, Germany → historicalAffiliation → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Fürth
Middle Ages → includesCulture → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Old High German → region → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Duchy of Savoy → partOf → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Utrecht → appliesToJurisdiction → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Utrecht → participant → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Seventeen Provinces → country → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster → birthPlace → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen
Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster → countryOfCitizenship → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen
Napoleonic Wars → relatedTo → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Renaissance → hasMainRegion → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Sophia Dorothea of Celle → birthPlace → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Sophia Dorothea of Celle → countryOfCitizenship → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Franco-Dutch War → mainBelligerent → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Franco-Dutch War → opposedBy → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Rastatt → signedBy → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Empire (Austrian branch)
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough → allegiance → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
County of Nassau → country → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
County of Nassau → partOf → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
County of Nassau → historicalRegion → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
Charles I of Spain → countryOfCitizenship → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Charles I of Spain → territoryRuled → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Baden (1714) → endedConflictBetween → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Baden (1714) → signatory → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Baden (1714) → jurisdiction → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Luther Bible → countryOfOrigin → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Central Europe → historicalEmpire → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Groningen → historicallyPartOf → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Electoral Palatinate → country → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Electoral Palatinate → partOf → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg → countryOfCitizenship → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Peter the Great → traveledTo → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach → countryOfCitizenship → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
University of Frankfurt (Oder) → locatedIn → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
German Enlightenment → mainRegion → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire → alsoKnownAs → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
Holy Roman Empire → alsoKnownAs → Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heiliges Römisches Reich