Holy Roman Empire
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The Holy Roman Empire was a loose confederation of polities during the Middle Ages and a successor to East Francia. The Empire originated with the incoronation of Otto the I in 962 and was dissolved in 1806 by Napoleon. It started as an union of a few kingdoms (Italy and Burgundy) and several German Stem Duchies (Bavaria, Saxony, Swabia, etc). The polities of the Holy Roman Empire systematically fragmented. Most of the polities were factually independent as they waged war against other polities of the Empire or even against the Empire itself. Large portions of the Empire were slowly absorbed by large Countries in or outside the Empire like the Burgundian Netherlands, France the Habsburg Domains, Brandenburg-Prussia etc. As a confederation, it was followed by the Confederation of the Rhine and by the German Confederation (both in the XIX century). What remained of the Empire was basically divided between Austria-Hungary and the German Empire by 1871. In Phersu Atlas only territories under proven control of the Empire are categorized as such. These territories are very few (mostly militarly occupied territories) as most of the territories that may be considered "imperial" are categorized in more specific polities: the Habsburg Domains, the Imperial Possessions (territories in the Empire owned by the Emperor), and Imperial cities (that are treated individually). All the polities of the Holy Roman Empire are treated as independent in the model, with the exception of the specific section Holy Roman Empire section of the political maps where all the German Confederations are marked with a red thick line. In this section the imperial territories are yellow and the ecclesiastic territories purple.
Establishment
February 962: The Frisian freedom (German: Friesische Freiheit) was period of absence of feudalism in Frisia during the Middle Ages.
February 962: In 958, the Landgraviate of Nellenburg was first mentioned as a branch of the Eberhardinger family.
February 962: Otto I, King of Germany, was crowned emperor by Pope John XII.
February 962: Trier Archbishopric gains imperial immediacy.
February 962: Saxony was one of the Stem Duchies of the Holy Roman Empire.
February 962: In 962, Otto was crowned Emperor by Pope John XII, thus intertwining the affairs of the German kingdom with those of Italy and the Papacy. Otto's coronation as Emperor marked the German kings as successors to the Empire of Charlemagne, which through the concept of translatio imperii, also made them consider themselves as successors to Ancient Rome.
February 962: Essen Abbey gains imperial immediacy.
February 962: The Werden Abbey becomes a territory with imperial immediacy.
February 962: Aimone is the first independent Count-Bishop of Belluno.
February 962: Eichstädt Prince-Bishopric gains imperial immediacy.
February 962: The Contado (County) of Bormio maintained its independence for about three centuries from the X to XIII centuries.
February 962: Otto I, also known as Otto the Great, was the King of Germany and was crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope John XII in Rome in the year 962. This event marked the beginning of the Ottonian dynasty and solidified Otto's power in the region.
February 962: Establishment of the Freising Prince-Bishopric.
February 962: 780: Archbishopric.
February 962: Despite the attempts to acquire the power of the bishops of Como and of the bishopric of Coira, the Contado maintained its independence for about three centuries from the X to XIII, when it came under the control of Como.
February 962: Sulz County is mentioned for the first time in 961.
February 962: Montfort County is mentioned for the first time in 961.
February 962: Rappoltstein Lordship is mentioned for the first time in 961.
February 962: The St. Blasien Abbey originated in the 10th Century.
February 962: Cochem was an imperial estate.
February 962: Establishment of the Verdun Prince-Bishopric.
February 962: The county district of the Counts of Dillingen arose at the latest in the second half of the 8th century and encompassed roughly the stretch of land between the foothills of the Jura and the Danube, perhaps with partial inclusion of the southern bank of the Danube.
February 962: The Stablo-Malmedy Imperial Abbey existed since its establishment by Remaclus in 648 AD.
February 962: The county was divided in 958 and emerged in its more or less final form in 1071.
February 962: The Principality of Hungary or Duchy of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar Nagyfejedelemség: "Hungarian Grand Principality") was the earliest documented Hungarian state in the Carpathian Basin, established 895 or 896, following the 9th century Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin.
February 962: Disentis Imperial Monastery gains imperial immediacy.
February 962: In the mid-9th century, the Kornelimünster monastery became an Imperial abbey ("Reichsunmittelbar") and received large endowments of land.
February 962: Tirol County originated in the 10th Century.
February 962: Foundation of the Bishopric of Ceneda.
February 962: Territorial change based on data about the borders of Denmark in 962.
February 962: Franconia was one of the Stem Duchies of the Holy Roman Empire.
February 962: The Duchy of Merania was a fiefdom of the Holy Roman Empire. The dukes of Merania were recognised as princes of the Empire enjoying imperial immediacy.
February 962: Duisburg is declared a Free Imperial City.
February 962: Upper Lotharingia was one of the Stem Duchies of the Holy Roman Empire.
February 962: The territory of Thuringia was ruled by the Landgraves of Thuringia as Princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
February 962: Swabia was one of the Stem Duchies of the Holy Roman Empire.
February 962: 798: Raised to Archbishopric.
February 962: The Duchy of Bavaria was one of the Stem Duchies of the Holy Roman Empire.
February 962: In the 9th century, the Säckingen monastery received extensive property in Glarner Land.
February 962: Glarus (Canton). The originally Rhaetian Talder Linth, populated by Alemannic since the 6th century, probably came to the monastery of Säckingen in the 9th century, whose patron saint, Saint Fridolin, is said to have Christianized it.
February 962: 910: Fief of Bishop of Liège.
February 962: Bouillon County is mentioned for the first time in 961.
February 962: The monastery was founded in the village of Andage in 687 by Pepin of Herstal and his wife, Plectrude, for the monk Bergis. It was dedicated to St Peter.
February 962: 8th Century: Imperial immediacy of Weissenburg Abbey.
February 962: Moempelgard County is mentioned for the first time in 961.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.
1.1.Incoronation of Otto I
East Frankish King Otto I was crowned first Holy Roman Emperor.
January 1191: Temporary German occupation of the Sultanate of Rum capital Konya.
February 1191: End of the temporary German occupation of Konya.
Disestablishment
January 1191: Temporary German occupation of the Sultanate of Rum capital Konya.
February 1191: End of the temporary German occupation of Konya.
Selected Sources
Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany)
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