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End of the Great Interregnum of the Holy Roman Empire

Type Event Region Germany Time 1254–1273

After Conrad IV died in 1254 and his nephew Conradin was executed in 1268, the Holy Roman Empire fell into the Great Interregnum;…

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  1. 1254–1273Holy Roman Empire · GermanyAfter the fall of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, the empire long lacked an emperor recognized by all princes; princes, cities and churches acted on their own, and imperial legal order and central authority declined severely.
  2. 1273Frankfurt · HesseThe electors in Frankfurt elected Rudolf I as King of Germany; the empire again had a universally recognized monarch, ending a political vacuum lasting nearly twenty years.

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