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 King of the Romans was disputed.
Election | Location | Man elected | Relationship | Dynasty | Notes | Electorate held |
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911 | Forchheim | Conrad I | Different dynasty | Conradines | First elected king | |
919 | Fritzlar | Henry | Different dynasty | Ottonian/Liudolfing | Arnulf might have been an anti-king | |
936 | Aachen | Otto | Son of predecessor | Ottonian | ||
961 | Worms | Otto II | Son of predecessor | Ottonian | Co-king of his father until 961 | |
983 | Verona | Otto III | Son of predecessor | Ottonian | ||
1002 | Mainz | Henry II | 2nd cousin of predecessor | Ottonian | ||
1024 | Kamba, near Oppenheim | Conrad II | Different dynasty | Salian | ||
1028 | Aachen | Henry III | Son of predecessor | Salian | ||
1051 | Trebur | Henry IV | Son of predecessor | Salian | ||
1075 | Goslar | Conrad II | Son of predecessor | Salian | King of the Romans | |
1077 | Forchheim | Rudolf of Rheinfelden | Different dynasty | Rheinfelden | Anti-king | |
1081 | Ochsenfurt | Hermann of Salm | Different dynasty | Salm | Anti-king | |
1106 | Mainz | Henry V | Different dynasty (son of Henry IV) | Salian | ||
1125 | Mainz | Lothair III | Different dynasty | Supplinburg | ||
1127 | Nuremberg | Conrad III | Different dynasty | Hohenstaufen | Anti-king of the Romans | |
1138 | Koblenz | Conrad III | Same man | Hohenstaufen | King of the Romans | |
1147 | Regensburg | Henry (VI) | Son of predecessor | Hohenstaufen | King of the Romans | |
1152 | Frankfurt | Frederick I | Nephew of predecessor | Hohenstaufen | ||
1169 | Bamberg | Henry VI | Son of predecessor | Hohenstaufen | ||
1196 | Frankfurt | Frederick II | Son of predecessor | Hohenstaufen | Father was still alive | |
March 1198 | Mühlhausen | Philip | Uncle of predecessor | Hohenstaufen | King of the Romans | |
June 1198 | Cologne | Otto IV | Different dynasty | Welf | ||
1208 | Frankfurt | Otto IV | Different dynasty | Welf | ||
1211 | Nuremberg | Frederick II | different dynasty | Hohenstaufen | Anti-king until 1215 | |
1220 | Frankfurt | Henry (VII) | son of predecessor | Hohenstaufen | King of the Romans | |
1237 | Vienna | Conrad IV | Half-brother of predecessor | Hohenstaufen | King of the Romans | |
1246 | Henry Raspe | Different dynasty | Ludovingians | Anti-king of the Romans | ||
1247 | William II of Holland | Different dynasty | Holland (Gerulfings) | Anti-king of the Romans | ||
1252 | Brunswick | William II of Holland | Different dynasty | Holland (Gerulfings) | Anti-king of the Romans until 1254, sole king thereafter | |
January 1257 | Frankfurt | Richard | Different dynasty | Plantagenet | King of the Romans | None |
April 1257 | Alfonso X | Different dynasty | Ivrea/Burgundy | Contender | None | |
1273 | Frankfurt | Rudolf I | Different dynasty | Habsburg | King of the Romans | None |
1292 | Frankfurt | Adolf | Different dynasty | Nassau | King of the Romans | None |
1298 | Albert I | Different dynasty | Habsburg | King of the Romans | None | |
1308 | Frankfurt | Henry VII | Different dynasty | Luxembourg | None | |
19 October 1314 | Sachsenhausen | Frederick (III) | Different dynasty | Habsburg | King of the Romans agreement in 1325 | None |
20 October 1314 | Frankfurt | Louis IV | Different dynasty | Wittelsbach | agreement in 1325 | None |
1346 | Rhens | Charles IV | Different dynasty | Luxembourg | Son of the Elector of Bohemia | |
January 1349 | Frankfurt | Günther | Different dynasty | Schwarzburg | Anti-king | None |
June 1349 | Frankfurt | Charles IV | Different dynasty | Luxembourg | Bohemia | |
1376 | Frankfurt | Wenceslaus IV | Son of predecessor | Luxembourg | King of the Romans | Brandenburg (and son of the elector of Bohemia) |
May 1400 | Frankfurt | Frederick I | Different dynasty | Welf | Unclear if he was ever elected | None |
August 1400 | Rhens | Rupert | Different dynasty | Wittelsbach | King of the Romans | Palatinate |
September 1410 | Sigismund | Different dynasty | Luxembourg | None | ||
October 1410 | Jobst of Moravia | First cousin of predecessor | Luxembourg | King of the Romans | Brandenburg (and first cousin of the Elector of Bohemia) | |
1411 | Sigismund | First cousin of predecessor | Luxembourg | Brandenburg (and half-brother of the Elector of Bohemia) | ||
1438 | Frankfurt | Albert II | Son-in-law of predecessor | Habsburg | King of the Romans | Bohemia (did not attend) |
1440 | Frankfurt | Frederick III | Second cousin of predecessor | Habsburg | None | |
1486 | Frankfurt | Maximilian I | Son of predecessor | Habsburg | None | |
1519 | Frankfurt | Charles V | Grandson of predecessor | Habsburg | None (brother-in-law of the Elector of Bohemia) | |
1531 | Cologne | Ferdinand I | Brother of predecessor | Habsburg | Bohemia | |
1562 | Frankfurt | Maximilian II | Son of predecessor | Habsburg | Son of the Elector of Bohemia | |
1575 | Regensburg | Rudolf II | Son of predecessor | Habsburg | Son of the Elector of Bohemia | |
1612 | Frankfurt | Matthias | Brother of predecessor | Habsburg | Bohemia | |
1619 | Frankfurt | Ferdinand II | First cousin of predecessor | Habsburg | None (had been deposed as Elector of Bohemia) | |
1636 | Regensburg | Ferdinand III | Son of predecessor | Habsburg | Bohemia | |
1653 | Augsburg | Ferdinand IV | Son of predecessor | Habsburg | King of the Romans | Bohemia (abstained) |
1658 | Frankfurt | Leopold I | Brother of predecessor | Habsburg | Bohemia (abstained) | |
1690 | Augsburg | Joseph I | Son of predecessor | Habsburg | Son of the Elector of Bohemia (who abstained) | |
1711 | Frankfurt | Charles VI | Brother of predecessor | Habsburg | Bohemia | |
1742 | Frankfurt | Charles VII | Different dynasty | Wittelsbach | Bavaria | |
1745 | Frankfurt | Francis I | Different dynasty | Lorraine | Husband of the Electress of Bohemia | |
1764 | Frankfurt | Joseph II | Son of predecessor | Habsburg-Lorraine | Son of the Electress of Bohemia | |
1790 | Frankfurt | Leopold II | Brother of predecessor | Habsburg-Lorraine | Bohemia | |
1792 | Frankfurt | Francis II | Son of predecessor | Habsburg-Lorraine | Bohemia |
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