Episode 148 – Imperial Swansong
The year is 1312 and Henry VII is finally embarking on his journey to Rome that will bring about the first imperial coronation in almost a century and hence the formal end to the Interregnum, the time without emperors.
Episode 147 – Brescia or Bust
Henry VII had gained control of most of Northern Italy in less than three months. It will take him 9 months to lose it all again. How did he go from bringer of peace and justice and all out savior of Italy to brutal conqueror and godless tyrant? Let’s find out.
Episode 146 – The Return of the King
In the winter of 1310 the emperor elect Henry VII not yet 40 years of age and every inch a king appears in Italy. An Italy torn apart by violence…
Episode 145 – How to make Friends and Influence People
It is 60 years since we have last seen a crowned emperor. The last time the throne had remained vacant for so long, the title moved from the Carolingians to whoever ruled the German lands. Will something like that happen again?,
Episode 144 – The Rise of the House of Luxemburg
On November 27th, 1308 the prince electors chose Henry VII, count of Luxemburg to be their new king of the Romans and future emperor. Little did they know that this decision will give rise to a dynasty that will rule the empire for as many decades as the Ottonian, the Salian and the Hohenstaufen had.
Episode 143 – The Murder of a King
That King Albrecht I von Habsburg was murdered is not the most interesting thing about him. How far this man “with only one eye and a look that made you sick” got in his ambitions, is what makes his life worth looking into
Episode 142 – Adolf von Nassau
This cultured and competent man became known as a Schattenkönig, a shadow of a king, unable to wiggle out of his ties to the Electors.
Episode 141 – Rudolf von Habsburg: Semper Augustus
King Rudolf von Habsburg adds a new title, Semper Augustus, Allezeit Mehrer des Reiches, but was he? and if he was, why do we hardly talk about him?
Episode 140 – Rudolf von Habsburg and the Golden King Ottokar II of Bohemia
Rudolf von Habsburg has to face his infinitely richer and more powerful adversary Ottokar II, king of Bohemia at Dürnkrut on the Marchfeld
Episode 139 – The End of the Interregnum
The horrible time, the time without an emperor lasted from 1250 to 1273 and ended with the election of a minor count, Rudolf of Habsburg….kicking off a whole new world