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Although Voltaire would later remark in 1756 that “This body which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire,” it did last over a millennium—until soon after Napoleon’s decisive victory at Austerlitz in late 1805. — PolitiTweet.org
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25 Dec 800: #Pope Leo III crowned #Frankish warrior-king #Charlemagne as the Holy Roman #Emperor at the #basilica o… https://t.co/5CLwxgD2rT