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Election of Lothair III as Emperor
On 30 August 1125 German princes at Mainz elected Duke of Saxony Lothair III King of the Romans (crowned at Aachen 13 September), breaking Hohenstauf…
Timeline
- 1125Mainz · Holy Roman EmpireAfter the death of Henry V, imperial princes held an election at Mainz. On 30 August Lothair III won the support of most princes and was elected King of the Romans, crowned at Aachen on 13 September as the new German ruler after Henry V.
- 1127–1129Swabia · SwabiaIn December 1127 Conrad of the Hohenstaufen family was elected rival king at Nuremberg (his brother Frederick II ceded to Conrad), plunging the empire into a dual-kingship standoff; Conrad did not submit to Lothair until 1135.
Sources
- Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothair_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
- 1125 German royal election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1125_German_royal_election