1028 German royal election

1028 German royal election presidential Holy Roman Empire Flag Germany Emperors Banner.svg no no 1024 German royal election 1024 1051 German royal election 1051 14 April 1028 Elected KingHenry was elected as co-king during the lifetime of his father, Conrad II, to ensure a smooth dynastic succession. Elected by the stem dukes and the nobilityConsensus needed to win Result Heinrich III. (HRR) Miniatur.jpg Henry III Dynasty Salian Elected King Conrad II Salian dynasty Henry III Salian dynasty The 1028 German royal election was an imperial election held on 14 April 1028 to select a co-ruler for the Holy Roman Empire. The election took place at the initiative of Conrad II to secure the succession for his son, Henry III. Background Emperor Conrad II was determined to strengthen royal authority in Germany.Weinfurter 1999 54 Ignoring the claim of Emeric, the son of King Stephen I of Hungary, to Bavaria, Conrad persuaded the Bavarian aristocrats to acknowledge Henry as their duke in Regensburg on 24 July 1027.Wolfram 2006 141, 187Weinfurter 1999 53 Henry's appointment to the duchy was unprecedented—Bavaria had never been ruled by a ten-year-old duke.Wolfram 2006 141 In autumn 1027, the Emperor sent Bishop Werner of Strasbourg to Constantinople to win a bride from the Byzantine imperial family for Henry, but Werner's sudden death put an end to the negotiations with Emperor Constantine VIII.Weinfurter 1999 28 Election and coronation At Conrad's initiative, the "clergy and the people" elected Henry his co-ruler and Pilgrim, Archbishop of Cologne, crowned Henry king in Aachen on Easter 1028.Wolfram 2006 141Schutz 2010 141 Henry was thereafter named the "hope of the empire" on his father's seals in accordance with Byzantine customs.Weinfurter 1999 29 Aftermath Conrad sent another embassy to Constantinople.Weinfurter 1999 29–30 Constantine VIII's successor, Emperor Romanos III Argyros, proposed the hand of one of his sisters to Henry, but Conrad's envoy, Count Manegold of Donauwörth, refused the offer since she was already married.Weinfurter 1999 30 Following his election, Henry began to take an active role in the administration of the empire, specifically in negotiations with Stephen I of Hungary in 1031. He remained co-ruler until the death of Conrad II in 1039, at which point he succeeded him as king and imperator in spe.Wolfram 2006 345 References Notes Bibliography Schutz Herbert The Medieval Empire in Central Europe: Dynastic Continuity in the Post-Carolingian Frankish Realm, 900–1300 Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2010 978-1443819664 Herbert Schutz Weinfurter Stefan The Salian Century: Main Currents in an Age of Transition University of Pennsylvania Press 1999 0812235088 The Middle Ages Bowlus Barbara M. Wolfram Herwig Conrad II, 990–1039: Emperor of Three Kingdoms The Pennsylvania State University Press 2006 027102738X Kaiser Denise A. Herwig Wolfram Category:1028 in Europe Category:11th-century elections 1028 Category:Elections in the Holy Roman Empire Category:Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor