He was not chosen pope by any king. Gregory was acclaimed pope by the citizens and clergy of Rome and then it was made official by an election carried out by the cardinals in April of the year 1073.
Pope Gregory excommunicated King Henry IV while Henry declared the pope deposed. Most of the people seemed to support the actions of the pope and not those of Henry.
King Henry the VIII.
Pope Gregory excommunicated King Henry IV while Henry declared the pope deposed. Most of the people seemed to support the actions of the pope and not those of Henry.
The pope crowned the king and gave him a tittle of "Roman Emperor" because he crush the people who attacked the pope
King Henry and Pope Gregory
Pretty headstrong due to his constantquarrelswith Pope Gregory, and determined too.
Both claimed the exclusive right to name new bishops.
Roman Catholic AnswerOne of the biggest things to happen during the reign of Pope Gregory VII was the investiture controversy. The issue was who had the right to appoint bishops, and the Popes have always held that as their right. King Henry IV, the Holy Roman Emperor, was the primary target of Pope St. Gregory VII, but the popes have always said that it was their right, alone, to appoint new bishops, Henry disagree. In short, Pope St. Gregory VII said that kings could no longer appoint bishops.
Gregory King was born in 1648.
pope Gregory VII wanted to change the rules about the religion. Henry IV got angry and thought he can fire pope Gregory VII. Henry got excommunicated from the church. years past, he came back and begged for forgiveness and was back in the church society.
because king Henry wanted to choose his own bishops and threatened the pope to let him so then the pope excommunicated him but the king Henry notice he was losing respect so he put on a fur shirt (what beggars and peasants wore) and went to the popes winter palace in the alps the problem was it was freezing but Henry marched there and begged the pope to let him inside but the pope said no and went to sleep then the next morning the pope notice Henry was still there in the same spot he stood in the snow all night long. but the pope wasn't impressed and went back to bed then the next morning he went to check if Henry was gone but it turned out he stood out there all night again so pope Gregory let him inside and accepted his apology and recommunicated henry
King Philip IV of France ruled during the 13th and 14th centuries. He felt he had the right to tax the clergy (church officials) in France. When Pope Boniface refused, King Philip sent troops to capture the Pope who later died of natural causes. King Philip ensured the election of a French Pope who moved the papacy to Avignon, France. The next six popes were also French.The time period in which the papal capital was in Avignon was called the Babylonian Captivity (1309-1377) named after the Hebrew captivity in Babylonia. During this time, the Pope's power gradually declined. Pope Gregory IX (1370 - 1378) returned to Rome to try to bolster his authority and died while residing there. The cardinals chose a new Italian pope and the French cardinals chose a French pope, each pope excommunicated the other. There were now two popes and this division in church power was called the Western Schism. This divided Europe between 1378 and 1417. France and its allies supported the Avignon pope, while England and its allies supported the Italian pope. As a result of this schism, the pope and the Catholic Church itself lost much political power and moral resolve.