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While the direct cause of its collapse is a matter of considerable scholarly debate, the direct result was a conflict over its continued existence that became known as the Great War, one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. During the Great War, the Emperor of the Levantines - the Apostolic King of Urcea - "relinquished the responsibilities and administration of Imperial Governance", formally (but not legally) bringing the Empire to an end. The Apostolic King of Urcea maintains, to the present day, the title of Emperor of the Levantines as part of the peace settlement following the war. As such, it could be said that the Empire is still extant ''de jure'' in the person of the Emperor, but the distinct Diet-based institutions of the territorial Empire were definitively abolished following the war and is generally not considered to still exist in any meaningful sense. | While the direct cause of its collapse is a matter of considerable scholarly debate, the direct result was a conflict over its continued existence that became known as the Great War, one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. During the Great War, the Emperor of the Levantines - the Apostolic King of Urcea - "relinquished the responsibilities and administration of Imperial Governance", formally (but not legally) bringing the Empire to an end. The Apostolic King of Urcea maintains, to the present day, the title of Emperor of the Levantines as part of the peace settlement following the war. As such, it could be said that the Empire is still extant ''de jure'' in the person of the Emperor, but the distinct Diet-based institutions of the territorial Empire were definitively abolished following the war and is generally not considered to still exist in any meaningful sense. | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
''Main Article:'' History of the Holy Levantine Empire | ''Main Article:'' [[History of the Holy Levantine Empire]] | ||
=== Origin === | === Origin === | ||
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=== Emperor and Collegial Electorate === | === Emperor and Collegial Electorate === | ||
''Further Information: Collegial Electorate'' | ''Further Information: [[Collegial Electorate]]'' | ||
The Empire itself was embodied in the person of the Emperor, who, since the High Middle Ages, had been elected by a body known as the Collegial Electorate, thirty secular and clerical princes of the realm. The Emperor could be any baptized Catholic (of any rite in union with the Holy See in Urceopolis) male, whether or not he was a landholder or even a resident of the Empire. He was the head of the Imperial Bureaucracy and (sometimes nominal) head of the Imperial Army, and was crowned by the Pope as de jure worldly head of all Christendom. | The Empire itself was embodied in the person of the Emperor, who, since the High Middle Ages, had been elected by a body known as the Collegial Electorate, thirty secular and clerical princes of the realm. The Emperor could be any baptized Catholic (of any rite in union with the Holy See in Urceopolis) male, whether or not he was a landholder or even a resident of the Empire. He was the head of the Imperial Bureaucracy and (sometimes nominal) head of the Imperial Army, and was crowned by the Pope as de jure worldly head of all Christendom. | ||