On July 13, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Henry II, the German king who ... Pope Benedict VIII crowned him Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1014. During his reign, Henry ...

Cromwell brings Anne of Cleves to England to be Henry’s new wife. With France and the Holy Roman Emperor together threatening to invade England, the marriage will cement an alliance between the ...

The outsider candidate in the Imperial election of 1519, which was meant to choose a Holy Roman Emperor, was Henry VIII of England. He had no particular dynastic claim to the title, and ...