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130: 33: 389:, it was now fixed that the election by all or the majority of the electors automatically conferred the royal title and rule over the empire, without papal confirmation. The convened prince-electors decided that "Louis is the rightfully elected King of the Romans, and his legitimate power (in the German kingdom) is not dependent upon the pope's will". 340:
to receive consecration from him. Nevertheless, the political situation in Italy changed again in favour of the House of Anjou, revealing that the Emperor could not actually maintain his sovereignty. Louis was forced to return to Germany, leaving the conflict with the papacy unsettled.
151: 309:. The pope accused Louis of having usurped the royal title without papal approbation as he was crowned by the "wrong" archbishop. The conflict escalated with the declaration of 422:- having already been those seven by custom. As result the monarch, no longer subject to papal approbation, became increasingly dependent on the favour of the electors. 510: 402:
and conveyed by the pope. Louis reacted with two mandates of 6 August 1338, stating that the Emperor-elect is vested with complete Imperial rights and all
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In view of the denied recognition by the pope, the prince-electors saw the necessity to affirm their franchise. On 16 July 1338 six electors from
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In coincidence with the Emperor's loss of power over Italy the decree meant a decisive step beyond the universal claim of the
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The declaration is not to be confused with another meeting of electors at Rhens on 20 August 1400 to depose King
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Britannica Educational Publishing. Germany, ed. Michael Ray. Britannica Educational Publishing, 2013. p.153.
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King Louis, no longer contested in Germany, now was able to campaign Italy, where he obtained the
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in 1327, while the papal regent Robert of Naples was deposed. One year later he was crowned
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specified the procedures for imperial election, the electoral college - including the
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elector, voting for Frederick, although he had already been deposed as king by
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to support Emperor Louis IV. Even though the practice of election of the
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without any participation of the pope. Thereafter he nominated
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by the pope against the king and all his supporters in 1324.
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by the "people of Rome" under the Ghibelline leader
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