21-01-2021, 10:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 21-01-2021, 10:36 PM by Mark Knowles.)
(21-01-2021, 08:53 PM)R. Sale wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Clio will have to speak for herself.
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However, in the C-14 years Sigismund died in 1437. Earlier he was Sigismund of Luxembourg, son of Charles IV, and grandson of John the Blind, connected to the Luxembourg version of the Myth of Melusine. The Valois mythology also connects to the mermaid version of Melusine through Bonne of Luxembourg, a daughter of John the Blind.
It is true that the page you suggest is an obvious starting point.
I quote: "The dynastic office of Holy Roman Emperor was traditionally elective through the mostly German prince-electors, the highest-ranking noblemen of the empire; they would elect one of their peers as 'King of the Romans' to be crowned emperor by the Pope"
"The empire never achieved the extent of political unification being instead a decentralized, limited elective monarchy composed of hundreds of sub-units: kingdoms, principalities, duchies, counties, prince-bishoprics, Free Imperial Cities, and other domains.The power of the emperor was limited, and while the various princes, lords, bishops, and cities of the empire were vassals who owed the emperor their allegiance, they also possessed an extent of privileges that gave them de facto independence within their territories."