The future Charles V and his elder sister Eleanor spent most ... he could be crowned by the pope in Rome. Although the Holy Roman Empire had no capital and its emperors were frequently itinerant ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

In 1527, unpaid troops loyal to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V attacked Rome, forcing Pope Clement VII to flee to safety; some scholars mark the ensuing sack of the city ...