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EARLY GERMANY AND HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE: 843 to 1273 | ![]() |
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843 | Treaty of Verdun - seperate France and Germany established | |
936 | Otto I expands German Empire to Poland and Austria | |
962 | Otto I crowned Emperor of Holy Roman (German) Empire | |
1077 | Emperor Henry IV forced to yield to Pope Gregory VII | |
1122 | Concordat of Worms established papal right to invest bishops | |
1152 | Frederick II (Barbarossa) becomes Holy Roman Emperor | |
1176 | Frederick II defeated by Lombards - state of Italy founded | |
1273 | Rudolph I first Hapsburg Holy Roman Emperor |