You know what's weird.....

[Celsius]

the Holy Roman Empire wasn't Holy....

It wasn't Roman.....

And it wasn't an Empire

That just came to me while playing.

[CzarKirk]

I don't think you were the first to realise/say that

[Wheelchair]

You are correct, I do believe one of the previous "Emporers" gifted the pope the Papal states, maybe thats why they refer to themselves as "Holy"

And as far as I'm concerned an Empire is multiple/several nations under 1 nations rule, such as Macedon with Persia (Alexander the Great)

[Sargon_of_Akkad]

As observed by Voltaire, the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

I don't know why they laid claim to it anyway; i'd be more proud that the Romans never conquered Germania.

[Xamt]

the holy roman empire was given that name due to its aid to the pope, who received the aid of charlemagne against the lombards

as a reward the pope agreed to charlemagne being the successor of the old roman empire (hence the roman empire in the title) and added the holy bit coz charlemagne was the pope's "champion"

thus you got the Holy Roman Empire title )

[Leutrim]

the holy roman empire was given that name due to its aid to the pope, who received the aid of charlemagne against the lombards

as a reward the pope agreed to charlemagne being the successor of the old roman empire (hence the roman empire in the title) and added the holy bit coz charlemagne was the pope's "champion"

thus you got the Holy Roman Empire title )

I never knew that till now, kool.

[The Noble Lord]

the holy roman empire was given that name due to its aid to the pope, who received the aid of charlemagne against the lombards

as a reward the pope agreed to charlemagne being the successor of the old roman empire (hence the roman empire in the title) and added the holy bit coz charlemagne was the pope's "champion"

thus you got the Holy Roman Empire title )

True. Its exactly what happened.


CHEERS

[man]

the holy roman empire was given that name due to its aid to the pope, who received the aid of charlemagne against the lombards

as a reward the pope agreed to charlemagne being the successor of the old roman empire (hence the roman empire in the title) and added the holy bit coz charlemagne was the pope's "champion"

thus you got the Holy Roman Empire title )

dam u i wa gonna say that

[Old Geezer]

So, see Votaire was wrong again.

[Azim]

Also, Charlemagne gave the Pope a large portion of his Italian territories, which became the Papal States.

[♔The Lizard King♔]

I noticed that of course, but I did not know this.

the holy roman empire was given that name due to its aid to the pope, who received the aid of charlemagne against the lombards

as a reward the pope agreed to charlemagne being the successor of the old roman empire (hence the roman empire in the title) and added the holy bit coz charlemagne was the pope's "champion"

thus you got the Holy Roman Empire title )

Rep for you!

[Mad Luddite]

The description for the HRE in the grand campaign says this. :p

[Dash]

Haha, did you figure that out after watching Jeopardy?

They had a question about them on there a few days ago.

[Celsius]

Haha, did you figure that out after watching Jeopardy?

They had a question about them on there a few days ago.

Yes i did. How clever of you.

[Dewy]

Wasn't charlemagne french? Just want to add on that the empire part comes from who rules them a emporer! See kingdom is ruled by a king hence the names

[Xamt]

Wasn't charlemagne french? Just want to add on that the empire part comes from who rules them a emporer! See kingdom is ruled by a king hence the names

well i did a wikipedia search for it and apparently "charlemagne" is old french for charles the great... he got his name (charles) from this grandfather charles martel

if you wanna read a more detailed description follow the link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlem...of_Charlemagne

[The Noble Lord]

Charlemagne is French.


And was the Charles Martel named "Defender of Europe" by the Pope after he led European forces that defeated the Arabs in the battle at Poatie??



CHEERS

[Ex Tenebris Lux]

the Holy Roman Empire wasn't Holy....

It wasn't Roman.....

And it wasn't an Empire

That just came to me while playing.

someone likes wikipedia...

[Celsius]

I didn't get it off wikipedia............I got it from Jeopardy