The creation of the Holy Roman Empire restored the alliance between the pope and the emperor which had been established between Pope Leo III and Charlemagne. Pope John XII and Otto signed a document which declared the pope was the head of the church and Otto was the secular protector of the church.
Otto I was crowned emperor in 962.
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans, on December 25, 800.
There was a count in northern Italy named Berengar of Ivrea, who declared himself king. In about 860, Berengar invaded the Papal States, which caused Pope John XII to appeal to Otto, who was King of Germany and had already taken the title King of Lombardy. Otto helped the pope, who crowned him emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in return. As it happens, though Pope John XII and Otto I were pledged to support each other, they almost immediately became enemies. The pope entered into multiple conspiracies to depose Otto, and Otto attempted, with somewhat more success, to depose the pope.
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemange in 800.
Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans on December 25, 800 AD.
Otto I, King of Germany
Famously, Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Roman People on December 25, 800 by Pope Leo III. After that the subsequent emperors of the Carolingian and Holy Roman Empires were generally, but not all, crowned by the pope. When a person was elected emperor, he was not called the emperor, but King of Germany until the pope crowned him, but sometimes this took years to happen.
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Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne.
no one did but the pope crowned him emperor of the franks.AnswerPope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in the year 800 in St. Peter's Basilicia.
Otto I did not decline the Romanemperor. He was around in the Middle Ages, after the fall of the Roman Empire. Roman emperors had longer existed for 560 years.Otto I was the founder of the Holy RomanEmpireand was the first Holy Roman Emperor. He was crowned emperor in 962 by Pope John XII in Rome.
Pope crowned Charles's (Charlemagne) and made him the new Roman emperor in A.D. 800.