
In No Way Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire
Noble Blood
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Charlemagne's Empress of the Romans
Dowager Empress Irene was deposed in 802, the first and last soul Empress of the Byzantines. Her male successors all used the title, Emperor of the Romans. Historian Janet Nelson: A woman in power was so illogical in the eyes of contemporary men that it rendered the very idea of empire invalid.
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