Robcobes t1_jbnpitc wrote on March 10, 2023 at 10:27 AM

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Willem II was holy roman emperor wasn't he? Or at least anti-emperor

SgtMittens35 t1_jbnq6cn wrote on March 10, 2023 at 10:36 AM

He was crowned by the pope and reigned the Holy roman-German reich between 1248 and 1256. Next to his countmanship of Holland and Zeeland 1234 - 1256.

AnaphoricReference t1_jbnx8i1 wrote on March 10, 2023 at 12:03 PM

He was crowned as King of the Germans, and the Pope explicitly supported his election. But he was killed before he made the trip to Rome for the actual coronation as emperor (which would have been a massive military operation through enemy territory he had not been capable of before being killed).