Halie Romane Rik

The Halie Romane Empire or Rik^{[lower-alpha 5]} (Laitin: Sacrum Romanum Imperium, German: Heiliges Römisches Reich) wis a multi-ethnic complex o territories in central Europe that developit during the Early Middle Ages an continued till its dissolution in 1806.^[6]

Emperor o the Halie Romane Rik
Imperial
Quaternion Eagle
Francis II
Details
Style	His Imperial Majesty
First monarch	Charlemagne (as Emperor o the Romans)
Last monarch	Francis II (as Electit Roman Emperor)
Formation	25 December 800
Aboleetion	6 August 1806
Appynter	see Coronation o the Haly Roman Emperor
Pretender(s)	Poseetion abolished

Halie Romane Rik Sacrum Romanum Imperium
962–1806
Imperial Banner Quaternion Eagle
The Halie Romane Rik c. 1600, imposed ower current state borders
Status	Rik
Caipital	No offeecial caipital, sindry imperial seats[lower-alpha 1]
Common leids	Sindry[lower-alpha 2]
Releegion	Roman Catholicism[lower-alpha 3] Protestantism[lower-alpha 4]
Govrenment	Elective monarchy
Emperor
• 962–973	Otto I (first)
• 1792–1806	Francis II (last)
Legislatur	Imperial Diet
Historical era	Middle Ages Early modren period
• Otto I is crowned Emperor o the Romans	2 Februar 962
• Conrad II assumes croun o Burgundy	2 Februar 1033
• Peace o Augsburg	25 September 1555
• Peace o Westphalie	24 October 1648
• Battle o Austerlitz	2 December 1805
• Francis II abdicatit	6 August 1806
Population
• 1200	5000000[1]
• 1500	16000000[2][3]
• 1618	21000000[4]
• 1648	16000000[4]
• 1786	26265000[5]
Precedit bi Succeedit bi Middle Francia East Francia Confederation o the Rhine Austrick Empire Auld Swiss Confederacy Kinrick o Proushie Kinrick o Saxony Duchy o Holstein Duchy o Oldenburg Free an Hanseatic Ceety o Hamburg Principality o Reuss-Greiz Duchy o Mecklenburg-Schwerin Swadish Pomeranie Electorate o Hesse Principality o Nassau-Orange-Fulda Principality o Waldeck Duchy o Saxe-Weimar
The day pairt o	Austrick  Belgium  Croatie  Czech Republic  Fraunce  Germany  Italy  Liechtenstein  Luxembourg  Monaco  Netherlands  Poland  Slovenie   Swisserland

The leader o the rik wis kent as the Emperor or Kaiser (Cazard^{[lower-alpha 6]}) (full title German: Römisch-deutscher Kaiser, Laitin: Romanorum Imperator). Frae an autocracy in Carolingian times the teetle evolved intae an elected monarchy chosen bi the Prince-electors. Till the Reformation the Emperor elect (imperator electus) wis required tae be crouned bi the Pape afore assumin the imperial title.

Notes

1. The Empire haed no offeecial caipital, thou there war a nummer o imperial seat ceeties, which varied throuoot history: e.g. Vienna (Continuous Imperial Residenz Ceety, 1483–1806), Regensburg (Eternal Diet, 1663–1806) an Prague (1346–1437, 1583–1611)
   
2. German, Laitin, Italian, Czech, Pols, Dutch, French, Frisian, Slovene, Sorbian an ither leids.
3. Roman Catholicism constitutit the single offeecial religion o the Empire till 1555.
4. Lutheranism wis offeecially recognised in the Peace o Augsburg of 1555, and Calvinism in the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. Those two constituted the only officially recognized Protestant denominations, while sindry ither Protestant confessions such as Anabaptism, Arminianism, etc. coexistit illegally within the Empire.
5. Scots spellins "Rik" an "Cazard" uised in Robinson, Philip (1998). "Ulster Scots ettles wi tha Thrittie Years' Weir". CAIRN. 2: 15. Again aw thir fowk wes anither compluther o Catholic pouers that brocht in tha Alemans an Austrien provinces an wes awreadie langelt in tha Halie Romane Rik, alang wi tha rump o tha provinces o tha Spains Netherlans
6. Scots spellins "Rik" an "Cazard" uised in Robinson, Philip (1998). "Ulster Scots ettles wi tha Thrittie Years' Weir". CAIRN. 2: 15. Freidrick wes a frein o Christiern IV, an his elecktion as king o Boheme in 1619 wes a direck challenge tae tha Catholic Airchduik Ferdinan o Austrick, that wes king o Boheme hisel forby bein Hailie Romane Cazard

References

1. "Atlas of Europe in the Middle Ages", Ostrovski, Rome, 1998, page 70
2. Holy Roman Empire – 1500 – The German Empire
3. Reich und Glaubensspaltung, Deutschland 1500–1600 by Horst Rabe, p.27
4. Introduction to Global Politics by Richard W. Mansbach,Kirsten L. Taylor
5. Nation und Nationalismus in Deutschland, 1770–1990 by Otto Dann
6. Holy Roman Empire, Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 15 February 2014.