Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

Charles rearranged Low Country institutions as he pried the Habsburg Netherlands out of the Holy Roman Empire – the very same organisation he formally ruled – through the Burgundian treaty of 1548, ..

Before Elon Musk became the richest man in the world, there was Jacob Fugger, a 16th-century banker worth $400 billion in ...

Students and archaeologists located temporary Roman military camp near Hoog Buurlo beyond ancient empire’s northern frontier, university said and photos show.

THE "MEDIATIZED" -- OR THE "HIGH NOBILITY" OF EUROPE; Consisting of Something Like Fifty families Which Enjoyed-Petty Sovereignty Before the Holy Roman Empire's Overthrow, They Still Exercise ...

Seven reigned during the Avignon Papacy from 1309 to 1377, when the pope lived in southern France under pressure from the French crown. A few others came from inside the Holy Roman Empire but ...

The idea that the Vatican has God on speed-dial was one of the first things tossed off the balcony in St Peter’s Square by Jorge Mario Bergoglio after he was elected pontiff.

“So the Holy Roman Empire had been around for a long time—we’re talking practically back to the Roman Empire. Was it the succession to the Roman Empire? That’s a little bit sketchy.

And given last year’s deal with Mauritius, this means Thursday night at 10:50 PM EST (2:50 AM on March 21 in London), the sun finally, literally set on the British empire.

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 ...

After more than 30 years as Holy Roman Emperor, he began dividing control over his vast territories to fellow Habsburgs beginning in 1554, leaving the Spanish Empire to his son, Philip the Prudent.

The Holy Roman Empire, despite the name, was German, but why was it called Roman if it had nothing to do with the Romans? (Image: Imperial crown of the Holy Roman Empire) Credit:Flickr / mitko_denev ...