Charlemagne was made Holy Roman Emperor in AD 800. He was the Frankish (a Germanic tribe) king of what is now France and parts of Germany and the Low Countries. The HRE was not particularly Holy, nor Roman, although it had some sanction by the Roman Catholic Church and Pope; nor was it a true Empire, but a collection of lands run by various princes, dukes, counts, etc. It ended up covering much of modern Germany rather than France. Napoleon ultimately dissolved it in the early 19th century.
2007-05-01 09:12:39
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answered by aboukir200 5
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The western portion of the Roman Empire's demise is generally dated as 476 AD (or CE, for the politically correct).
Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope in 800, some 300+ years later.
The Holy Roman Empire has been described as "neither holy, Roman, nor an empire," and with some justification. It certainly wasn't holy as we have use of the term, and most of its emperors were Germans (for a long time Bohemia was considered German, as was Austria--in fact, up until the 1700's Austrians described themselves as Germans). As for being an empire, well, it was more of an empty title than anything. It certainly never had as much land under its sway as the ancient Romans did, and the borders seemed to expand and contract with great regularity.
So, the short answer is, the Pope did NOT appoint an emperor immediately following the fall of the western empire, and Rome itself had really very little to do with it.
2007-05-01 11:30:57
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answered by Chrispy 7
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Not quite. After Rome fell, Europe disintegrated into a lot of little kingdoms & fiefdoms, etc. One of these was the Kingdom of the Franks, ruled by the Merovingian line (Clovis I is the 1st of note). When the Merovingian line began to weaken, their palace stewards or mayors took more & more control. Somewhere about 750, one of the mayors, named PIppin, booted the last of the Merovingian line out and took the throne. His son was Charles, aka Charlemagne.
Charlemagne was named Emperor of the Romans (or something similar, but not Holy Roman Emperor) and crowned on Christmas Day 800 by the Pope. The Pope did this in order to try & have a measure of control over Charlemagne, which may or may not have worked.
The 1st few Emperors after Charlemagne were descended from him, but later they were elected by certain princes & kings of the region (hence the German title of Elector), and after 1200 or so, many of them were Hapsburgs.
The Holy part came later, probably because the Pope did the crowning; at the time, they saw it as a resurgence of the old Empire. The Byzantines weren't so sure, since their Emperor (Empress at the time--Irene) was also called the Roman Emperor.
2007-05-01 09:16:56
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answered by Amethyst 6
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Charlemagne was the first Holy Roman Emperor, crowned Christmas Day, December 25th, AD 800.
2007-05-01 09:10:54
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answered by Theodore H 6
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Donkey Kong was the first holy emperor of Rome after it fell down the stairs.
2007-05-01 09:10:32
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answered by Anonymous
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I think the holy Roman empire was in modern Austria, switzerland and germany. I dont think it had anything to do with rome itself. I may be wrong, but I would try googling it.
2007-05-01 09:08:33
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answered by hhh 2
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2016-11-23 20:44:39
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answered by Anonymous
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Charlemagne, crowned by Pope Leo III. :)
2007-05-01 09:12:06
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answered by Bridget 2
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Charlemagne.
You can read more about him, on the link I have below.
2007-05-01 09:08:52
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answered by tryxthis 2
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