Holy Roman Emperor

/ˌhoʊli ˌroʊmən ˌɛmpərər/
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Definitions of Holy Roman Emperor
  1. noun
    sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire
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    Charles the Great
    king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
    Charles the Bald
    as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)
    Ferdinand I
    Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-1564)
    Ferdinand II
    Holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia and Hungary who waged war against Protestant forces (1578-1637)
    Ferdinand III
    Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia who signed the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War (1608-1657)
    Emperor Francis II
    the last Holy Roman Emperor (1768-1835)
    Frederick Barbarossa
    Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190)
    Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II
    the Holy Roman Emperor who led the Sixth Crusade and crowned himself king of Jerusalem (1194-1250)
    Henry IV
    King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106)
    Henry VII
    King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1275-1313)
    Otto the Great
    King of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (912-973)
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    emperor
    the male ruler of an empire
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