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{{Middle Ages}}[[Image:Western_Empire_887.gif|thumbnail|right|300px|The Empire in 887]]

 

[[Image:Western_Empire_887.gif|thumbnail|right|300px|The Empire in 887]]

   

   

Ca. 900 to 1806 AD, A wide stretch of land mainly in [[Europe]], ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor.  

Ca. 900 to 1806 AD, A wide stretch of land mainly in [[Europe]], ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor.  

Louis the German gained the eastern part of the Empire, and was made King of East Francia. In 962, his descendant [[Otto I]] inherited the Imperial crown as the last surviving heir of the Carolingian dynasty. At this point, the Kingdom of East Francia became the Holy Roman Empire, although this name was not common until later centuries.

Louis the German gained the eastern part of the Empire, and was made King of East Francia. In 962, his descendant [[Otto I]] inherited the Imperial crown as the last surviving heir of the Carolingian dynasty. At this point, the Kingdom of East Francia became the Holy Roman Empire, although this name was not common until later centuries.

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