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lands. Adolf utilized funds from
England meant to finance a war with France to instead gain control of Thuringia, which was desired by the electors and other princes due to inheritance disputes. This proved to be his undoing as several princes and electors worked together to challenge Adolf and decide to depose him, a highly controversial move as Adolf's claim was never questioned prior to this incident and the group of princes acted without papal approval. The conflict moved onto the battlefield, where Adolf was killed in battle and Albert of Habsburg, Rudolf's son, was elected as King of the Romans in 1298. Albert however turned on the electors later in his reign, trying to consolidate his family's control of both Thuringia and Bohemia, though ultimately failing as he was murdered by his nephew
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coronations, to crown him before Louis could, but Louis was crowned at Aachen, the traditional political capital of the empire. Thus, neither could definitively claim to be emperor and turned to open warfare to resolve the dispute. The two fought with one another from 1313 to 1322, when
Frederick was captured and in 1325 Louis attempted to mend the issues between the two by proclaiming Frederick as his co-king and granting the Habsburgs lands in Austria. Later in his reign, Louis would come into conflict with his former support John of Bohemia over the inheritance of Brandenburg, with France and the Pope joining in later and the conflict grew to the point that John's son
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99:. Alfonso never set foot in Germany during his lifetime and Richard was crowned in 1257, spending the rest of his reign traveling between England and Germany until his death in 1272. Richard maintained a solid support base in Germany during his reign, keeping the feudal relations of the Hohenstaufens and maintaining some officials of William of Holland. After his death in 1272, there were few obvious candidates to succeed him as multiple dynastic conflicts had splintered the larger dynasty's lands into smaller territories, leaving
191:. This proclamation formalized the positions of the electors and divided them between secular princes and ecclesiastical clergymen. Importantly, the golden bull denied both Austria and Bavaria, important titles of the Habsburgs and Wittelsbachs rivals respectively, from being electors in this new system and granted the secular electorships were given to his allies. Charles can be seen as an end to the Interregnum, having possession of the title of emperor, holding it for several decades, passing it on to his son
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Nuremberg decreed that the Count Palatine of the Rhine would be the judge in such cases, diluting some of Rudolf’s power. Rudolf continued the course of Richard, maintaining the Hohenstaufen feudal relationships and expanding on policies started by Richard, notably by overhauling judicial oversight of royal lands to be held by loyal knights and retainers to increase revenues from these lands. Rudolf was frustrated in his attempts to gain control of Babenberger lands in modern-day
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Frederick retained his emperorship and most of his supporters. He responded with a letter of his own to other nobility in Europe to gain support by listing the offenses of the church and clergy. The pope was still somewhat relevant for determining legitimacy despite this, as Henry VII over 50 years later traveled to Rome to be crowned King and was publicly noted for having done so.
304:. The role of the papacy in the elections and general governance of the empire were also put into question and would steadily diminish until later emperors would ignore Rome entirely in the election process. Germany was fractured into countless minor states fending for themselves, a condition that would persist into the modern period and, termed
91:. By Frederick’s death, Conrad had defeated William and forced his submission. Conrad’s position in Germany was strong when he traveled to Italy to claim the rest of his inheritance from his mighty father. However, Conrad's death in 1254 gave William two years of rule but his death in 1256 gave way to a double election in 1257, between
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Adolf of Nassau had more difficulties in securing his authority with the electors than Rudolf, primarily because the electors desired a weaker ruler that they could control more easily. Adolf granted concessions to the princes but otherwise continued Rudolf's policies of revindication to expand royal
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as the legal entities that could elect an emperor, and the college of prince-electors as the only source of legitimacy of the German king. Charles' actions in his reign also saw a modest revival of imperial interest in Italy and shifted the center of German politics from central and southern
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Luxembourgs and Habsburgs held a similar level of influence due to a gradual collection of territory, so Henry's son John put Louis of Wittelsbach forward as an imperial candidate. Frederick managed to get the imperial insignia and the archbishop of Cologne, the traditional person in charge of
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Hohenstaufen towards expanding the power of the emperor and ensuring a clear line of succession between family members was difficult in this period, with many elections going from one family to another family in a deliberate effort by the electors to prevent a consolidation of power.
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towards the east at
Bohemia, and later Austria. At the same time, it set back the progress of centralization achieved under previous dynasties and rulers and severely weakened the authority of the emperor and the king. The lack of central government strengthened the
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and having no serious anti-king threat to his reign. This breaks the trend of the previous claimants either dying early on into their reigns, losing the title to rival families and having rival claimants violently oppose their rule.
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having denied Louis' election as legitimate, citing that under canon law, legitimacy required papal confirmation of an election. In response, Louis made a declaration at
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was elected as anti-king in opposition of Louis in 1346. The next year in 1347 Louis would die of a stroke and Charles would be elected emperor in the same year.
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