>Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519), the son of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Eleanor of Portugal, was King of the Romans (also known as King of the Germans) from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death, though he was never in fact crowned by the Pope, the journey to Rome always being too risky
>always being too risky
Risky how? That someone would assassinate him or he would be attacked by other states while travelling? Or risky as in the diplomatic or political implications?
>>1196954
I think it's because he never got around to being crowned
>King of the Romans (also known as King of the Germans)
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>>1196954
>King of the Romans (also known as King of the Germans)
>>1196954
All of it actually, though not necessarily at the same time.
In Maximilian's case, his coronation coincided with the War of the League of Cambrai, where Max was attacking Venice, so he couldn't do his journey to Rome.
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>>1196954
King of the Roman? Did anyone care at this point. I am clueless, but wasn't there a Medici as Pope at some point around here? Did this guy have any power at all in Italy or did the City States pretty much control everything. I don't know.
>>1204707
The earliest Medici pope came at the end of Max's reign.
The pope had a pretty tight control over the cities in the papal states, but everything outside couldn't give less of a shit about him as the pope, his political influence came from his alliances with France and the HRE. He had no control over northern and southern Italy, and in fact the papacy actively lost political and actual conflicts in the period against Venice.
