someone tell me about the history of the holy roman empire, please~<3
or just parts and cool bits of it~<3

@TipsyTentacle depends on what you mean! the first "Holy Roman Emperor" was Charles the Great (Charlemagne), whom the pope named as such on Christmas Day in A.D. 800. His line of succession, the Carolingian dynasty, is considered by some to be the start of the "Holy Roman Empire", but I think the consensus is that the "Holy Roman Empire" as an entity began its existence when Otto I of Saxony consolidated power in Germany and Northern Italy, eventually being (like Charles) crowned "Holy Roman Emperor" by the pope, this time in A.D. 962.