1. January 24,1742: Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.

2. 1742 – Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.

3. Holy Roman emperor (1212-1250) and king of Sicily (1198-1250) as Frederick I. He led the Sixth Crusade (1228-1229), capturing Jerusalem, and was in continual conflict with the papacy.

4. Holy Roman emperor (1440-1493) and king of Germany as Frederick IV. His efforts to expand the empire were generally unsuccessful.

5. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor but called in Spain Carlos I(), extended his crown to other places in Europe and the rest of the world.

6. 1521 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, opens the Diet of Worms.

7. Holy Roman emperor (52-90) and king of Germany and Italy.

8. While the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, might be God's sworn defender, he wasn't above using the swords of heretics to swell his army and terrify his enemies.

9. Holy Roman emperor (1765-1790) and king of Bohemia and Hungary (1780-1790). He instituted a number of social reforms aimed at curbing hereditary privileges.

10. Holy Roman emperor (1152-1190) and king of Germany and Italy.

11. Holy Roman emperor (440-493) and king of Germany as Frederick IV. His efforts to expand the empire were generally unsuccessful.

12. King of France (55-547) who waged four wars against Holy Roman Emperor Charles V from 52 to 544. A patron of the arts, he reigned during the Renaissance in France.

13. That is true, in a way: he was arrested after Henry VIII made known his feelings to the Holy Roman Emperor who was sovereign of the Low Countries.

14. While you get some happiness and income bonuses from being in the Pope's good graces, the real plum here is that the Pope can confer victory on you by declaring you Holy Roman Emperor.

15. Legend has it a notorious robber baron from the 15th century escaped the revenge of the Holy Roman Emperor with his family and they settled in this castle.

16. Nearly all of them were independent city republics that had succeeded during the late Middle Ages in throwing off the domination of the Holy Roman Emperor.

17. Frederick IV, the Habsburg king of Germany, was crowned Holy Roman emperor as Frederick III in 1452, and Habsburgs continued to hold that title until 1806.

18. Rudolf 1 of Hapsburg who was German King and Holy Roman Emperor from 1218-91.

19. Pope Urban VI arranged this marriage between the young king and the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV.

20. Gregory won everlasting fame by bending Henry IV, the Holy Roman Emperor, to his will, forcing the most powerful man in Europe to do penance before him at Canossa.