Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps, cementing his role as the bishop of ...

His trademark humility was genuine, and did much to strip away perceptions of an aloof “Holy Roman Empire”. He immediately discarded the showy red velvet slippers and ornate vestments ...

A few others came from inside the Holy Roman Empire but outside the bounds of modern-day Italy. German popes elected from the Empire included Gregory in 996 and Damasus II in 1048. England ...

They include: -- Charlemagne, founder of the Holy Roman Empire, in 742 -- Adventurer Giacomo Casanova in 1725 -- Writer Hans Christian Andersen in 1805 -- Writer Emile Zola in 1840 -- Automaker ...

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also known as Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire. Beginning in the 20th century, similar titles were frequently used to describe the United States. If nothing else, empires may rise and fall ...

The second and eldest surviving child of Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbutte, Maria Theresa was immediately acknowledged as the rightful heir of the Holy ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire as its coin-based currency accelerated trade, filled tax coffers and funded military conquests. But the empire’s mining and extracting of silver was ...

A Medieval silk bag the size of a clenched fist is revealing previously little-known links between Westminster Abbey and Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor ... but seal bags offer a ...

But the Eastern Roman Empire lived on for another millennium – until Constantinople fell to the Turks in 1453. A few fringe scholars even argue that Rome fell in 1806 with the demise of the Holy Roman ...

A medieval silk seal bag dating from the reign of King Henry III ... and was the first recognised emperor to rule from the west after the fall of the Roman Empire, making him the first Holy Roman ...