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751 CE - 887 CE: Reign of the Carolingian Dynasty in Francia and the Holy Roman Empire.
840 CE: Louis the Pious, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor, dies.
843 CE - 855 CE: Reign of Lothar I as Holy Roman Emperor and King of Middle Francia (Lotharingia).
855 CE - 875 CE: Reign of Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor.
875 CE - 877 CE: Reign of Charles the Bald as Holy Roman Emperor and King of Italy.
881 CE - 887 CE: Reign of Charles the Fat as Holy Roman Emperor.
887 CE: The Carolingian Empire collapses after Charles the Fat is deposed by nobles from around the empire.
919 CE - 1024 CE: Reign of the Ottonian Dynasty in the Holy Roman Empire.
962 CE - 973 CE: Reign of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.
973 CE - 983 CE: Reign of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor.
996 CE - 1002 CE: Reign of Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor.
1014 CE - 1024 CE: Reign of Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor.
1024 CE - 1125 CE: Reign of the Salian Dynasty in the Holy Roman Empire.
1027 CE - 1039 CE: Reign of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor.
1046 CE - 1056 CE: Reign of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor.
1076 CE - 1122 CE: The Investiture Controversy between the Holy Roman Empire and the Papacy over the practice of lay investiture.
1077 CE - 1088 CE: The Great Saxon Revolt against Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
1084 CE - 1105 CE: Reign of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
1111 CE - 1125 CE: Reign of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor.
1122 CE: The Concordat of Worms defines the secular and religious aspects of lay investiture, concluding the dispute of Investiture Controversy.
1138 CE - 1254 CE: Reign of the Staufer (Hohenstaufen) Dynasty in the Holy Roman Empire.
1347 CE - 1437 CE: Reign of the Luxembourg Dynasty in the Holy Roman Empire.
1438 CE - 1806 CE: Reign of the Habsburg Dynasty in the Holy Roman Empire.