Images - The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation

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11.	Francis I is Crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Frankfurt am Main on October 4, 1745 (2nd Half of the 18th Century) In 1713, the Habsburg King of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI (r. 1711-40), had introduced....
12.	Coronation Banquet for Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, in Frankfurt am Main on October 4, 1745 (c. 1750) This scene depicts the secular coronation banquet for Francis I (r. 1745-65). It took place in the....
13.	View of the Römerberg in Frankfurt am Main on October 4, 1745, the Day of the Coronation of Francis I (c. 1750) This view of Frankfurt’s central square, the “Römerberg,” shows the popular component of the formal....
14.	Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (2nd Half of the 18th Century) The son of Maria Theresa (r. 1740-80), Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II (r. 1765-90) was one of the....
15.	Joseph II Plows a Field near Slavikovice on August 19, 1769 (Late 18th Century) The Habsburg Emperor Joseph II (r. 1765-90) was one of the main representatives of “enlightened....
16.	Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, in his Coronation Regalia (after 1790) In 1790, Leopold II (r. 1790-92) succeeded his brother, the reformer Joseph II (r. 1765-90), as....
17.	Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (c. 1804) Born in 1768, Joseph Charles Francis of Habsburg assumed the title Holy Roman Emperor Francis II in 1792, having inherited the position from his father, Leopold II (r. 1790-92). His reign coincided....
18.	The Founding of the Confederation of the Rhine [Rheinbund] on July 12, 1806 (1806) After Napoleonic France, aided by the southern German states of Bavaria, Baden, and Württemberg, defeated the Austrian Empire and its allies in the War of the Third Coalition in 1805, Napoleon (r.....
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