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King of the Romans
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en king of the Romans
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en now historical The monarch of the Holy Roman Empire, originally specifically prior to their formal coronation as emperor by the Pope. from 15th c.
en 2016 w:Peter H. Wilson The Holy Roman Empire 75 Penguin 2017 Ferdinand's IV's coronation as king of the Romans in 1653 made liturgical concessions to Protestantism, and merely required the monarch to respect rather than obey the pope.
See also
en w:Epistle to the Romans King of the Jews