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Louis William of Baden-Baden Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, nicknamed Turkish Louis or the Shield of the Empire was the victorious imperial general of the Turkish Wars. The Turks called him the "Red King" because of his red uniform jacket which could be seen far across the battlefields. Louis William was born on 8 April 1655, seven years after the end of the Thirty Years' War, in the Hôtel de Soissons in Paris and died on 4 January 1707 in his unfinished palace in Rastatt. His name was chosen after his grandfather, Margrave William, and his godfather, Louis XIV, the King of France. He was the son of the heir to the throne, Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden and Louise of Savoy-Carignan, whose brother, Eugene Maurice of Savoy-(Soissons)-Carignan, was the father of the famous Prince Eugene.
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Holy Roman Empire On 25 December 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne (the Frankish king) as Roman Emperor, reviving the title more than three centuries after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476. The title had again lapsed by 924 but was revived again in 962 with the crowning of Otto of Saxony as emperor by Pope John XII. Otto the Great (as he became known), was King of the Germans but as emperor he became Charlemagne's successor, ruling in lands that had been first brought together as the Carolingian Empire. From 962 until the 13th century, the empire was one of the most powerful monarchies in Europe. It depended on continuing cooperation between emperors and still relatively powerful and independent vassals. The empire reached its apex in terms of territorial expansion and power in the mid-13th century, under the House of Hohenstaufen, but this was an overextension and led to a partial collapse. The imperial office was traditionally elected: mostly by a handful of (predominantly German) prince-electors and electors-spiritual (archbishops). In theory and diplomacy, the emperors were considered first amongst equals of Europe's (at least its Catholic) monarchies. A process of Imperial Reform in the late 15th and early 16th centuries transformed the empire, creating a set of institutions which endured until its final demise in the 19th century. On 6 August 1806, Emperor Francis II abdicated and formally dissolved the empire following the creation by French emperor Napoleon of the Confederation of the Rhine from German client states loyal to France. For most of its history, the Empire primarily comprised the entirety of the modern countries of the Czech Republic, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Switzerland, Slovenia, Germany, Austria, and large swathes of what is now eastern France, northern and central Italy, and western Poland. (Full article...) History of the Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire (Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium) was the official name for the sovereign territory of the Roman-German Emperor from the Middle Ages to the year 1806. The name of the Empire is derived from the claim of its medieval rulers that it continued the tradition of the Ancient Roman Empire. The Holy Roman Empire is the forerunner of the modern nation-states of Germany and Austria. To distinguish it from the German Empire founded in 1871 it is also referred to by modern historians as the “Old Empire” (German: Altes Reich) more... Well known people of the Holy Roman Empire Emperors and kings Important church leaders Members • 01.02 Portal:Holy Roman Empire • • Archive Wanted articles |
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