Otto III996
Gregory becomes the first German Pope, appointed by his cousin Otto III, whom he appointed shortly after crowned Holy Roman Emperor
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Gregory becomes the first German Pope, appointed by his cousin Otto III, whom he appointed shortly after crowned Holy Roman Emperor
After Ferdinand died in 1564, his son Maximilian II became Emperor, and like his father, accepted the existence of Protestantism and the need for occasional compromise with it
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