charlemagne was crowned the new roman emperor in a.d. 800.
charlemagne was crowned the new roman emperor in a.d. 800.
who was crowned the new roman emperor in a.d. 800?
charlemagne
the standard designation of the holy roman emperor was "august emperor of the romans" ("romanorum imperator augustus"). when charlemagne was crowned in 800, he was styled as "most serene augustus, crowned by god, great and pacific emperor, governing the roman empire," thus constituting the elements of "holy" and "roman" in the imperial title.









































the word "roman" was a reflection of the principle of "translatio imperii" (or in this case "restauratio imperii") that regarded the (germanic) holy roman emperors as the inheritors of the title of emperor of the western roman empire, despite the continued existence of the eastern roman empire.
holy roman emperor
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