How did the holy Roman empire become Germany?

The Holy Roman Empire never developed as a coherent kingdom, in the way that France and England did. The title was dropped during the Napoleon era, to avoid quarrels of who was the 'real' emperor. read more

The Holy Roman Empire didn’t need to ‘become’ Germany. From the 15th century it was semi-officially the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Even before that, the bulk of its territory and all its kings were German, as far back as Otto the Great (10th century), arguably its founder, but anyway before the name ‘Holy Roman Empire’ was thought of. read more

The Holy Roman Empire or Römisches-Deutches Reich was dissolved in 1806. In 1815 most of its territory was reorganised as the German Bund or Confederation. This included Austria. Austria was excluded from Germany after the Austro-Prussian war of 1866 and the remaining areas became the German Empire in 1871. read more

The Holy Roman Empire became eventually composed of four kingdoms. The kingdoms were: Kingdom of Germany (part of the empire since 962), read more