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An imperial election was held in Regensburg on 28 November 1562 to select the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

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1562 imperial election

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An imperial election was held in Regensburg on 28 November 1562 to select the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. This was the third imperial election to...

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1531 imperial election

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son Maximilian, who was chosen during Ferdinand's reign in the imperial election of 1562. The electors, fearing the instability that would have resulted...

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List of royal and imperial elections in the Holy Roman Empire

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The following is a list of imperial elections in the Holy Roman Empire. Entries in italics are for elections where the claim of the man elected to be...

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Free Imperial City of Aachen

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the Holy Roman Empire to be convenient as a capital city. In 1562 the Imperial election and Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II took place...

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Holy Roman Empire

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Empire without strengthening the imperial hand), capitalized on Frederick's desire to secure the imperial election for his son Maximilian. Thus, in his...

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Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire

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title assumed by the Emperor-elect immediately after his election. It is now kept in the Imperial Treasury (Kaiserliche Schatzkammer) at the Hofburg in Vienna...

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Frankfurt Cathedral

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collegiate church as kings in Germany, and from 1562 to 1792, emperors-elect were crowned here. The imperial elections were held in the Wahlkapelle, a chapel on...

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History of Strasbourg

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Katharina Zell (†1562). After the reform of the Imperial constitution in the early sixteenth century and the establishment of Imperial Circles, Strasbourg...

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Imperial cathedrals

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of the election of the German monarch with the accession of Frederick Barbarossa in 1152, definitely fixed in the Golden Bull of 1356. From 1562 until...

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Free City of Frankfurt

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Empire, being the seat of imperial elections since 885 and the city for imperial coronations from 1562 (previously in Free Imperial City of Aachen) until...

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History of Cologne

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continued to remain in force. Maximilian II got crowned German king in November 1562 in Frankfurt am Main - and not in Aachen, as generations of his ancestors...

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Franz von Sickingen

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for the imperial throne upon the death of Maximilian in 1519, Sickingen accepted bribes from King Francis I of France, but when the election took place...

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Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor

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while his election was proclaimed. The coronation itself took place on a subsequent day. If the coronation was performed (as usual before 1562) at the Palatine...

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Daniel Brendel von Homburg

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his successor was Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. During the Imperial election of 1562, Daniel Brendel voted for Maximilian, King of the Romans, later...

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British Empire

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Reformation turned England and Catholic Spain into implacable enemies. In 1562, Elizabeth I encouraged the privateers John Hawkins and Francis Drake to...

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Papal conclave

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Lothair I (emperor from 817 to 855) claimed that an election could only take place in the presence of imperial ambassadors. In 898 riots forced Pope John IX...

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King of the Romans

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his election by the princes from the reign of Henry II (1002–1024) onward. The title originally referred to any German king between his election and royal...

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Political systems of Imperial China

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The political systems of Imperial China can be divided into a state administrative body, provincial administrations, and a system for official selection...

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History of Japan

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Japan. The imperial dynasty established at this time continues to this day, albeit in an almost entirely ceremonial role. In 794, a new imperial capital...

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Boxer Rebellion

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provinces ignored the imperial order to fight against foreigners. The Eight-Nation Alliance, after initially being turned back by the Imperial Chinese military...

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Holy Roman Emperor

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period of free election ended with the ascension of the Austrian House of Habsburg, as an unbroken line of Habsburgs held the imperial throne until the...

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Livonian War

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Throughout 1561, a Russo-Lithuanian truce (with a scheduled expiration date of 1562) was respected by both sides. In return for a loan and a guarantee of Danish...

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Catholic Church

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a series of conflicts termed the French Wars of Religion was fought from 1562 to 1598 between the Huguenots (French Calvinists) and the forces of the French...

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List of German monarchs

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king to bear the title of emperor-elect. After his march to Rome for his Imperial coronation failed in 1508, he had himself proclaimed emperor-elect with...

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