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Charlemagne was crowned emperor by Pope Leo III in 800.
But Charlemagne was not crowned as Holy Roman Emperor. Instead he was crowned as Emperor of the Romans. There was much controversy about this because at that time there was a country in the East called the Roman Empire , and the implication was that the pope was making Charlemagne its emperor.
Today, historians call the medieval Roman Empire the Byzantine Empire, a term that was not used during the Middle Ages, to avoid confusing it with the ancient Roman Empire, though the Byzantine Empire was legally a continuation of the Roman Empire.
Charlemagne's empire, which the Franks called the Roman Empire briefly, is now called the Carolingian Empire.
The Carolingian Empire broke up; it was retained, as a legal entity, though it did not function for several decades. Historians now regard Otto I as the first Holy Roman Emperor, though no one seems to have called the empire by that name until the middle of the 12th century.
Charlemagne by Pope Leo III in AD 800.
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne.
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Otto I was the first holy Roman emperor.
He was given the title of Holy Roman Emperor.
CHARLEMAGNE
Charles I.
Charlemagne.
Charles VII became the holy Roman Emperor in 1519.
The Roman emperor had to answer to the pope.
When Otto I freed the Pope from the control of the Romans, he was named Holy Roman Emperor.
Julius ceasar
Seven electors chose the Holy Roman Emperor.
Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (lived 912-973, reigned 936-973). The Holy Roman Emperor was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, a predecessor of numerous countries mainly in central Europe.