The Golden Bull of 1356 was an imperial decree issued by Emperor Charles IV, which fixed the procedure for electing the king of the Romans, the future Holy Roman Emperor. It named seven prince-electors: the archbishops of Mainz, Trier and Cologne, the king of Bohemia, the count palatine of the Rhine, the duke of Saxony and the margrave of Brandenburg. The electors decided by majority vote and met at Frankfurt, while the coronation took place at Aachen. The decree removed the pope from the process and strengthened the independence of the electors within their territories. It was named for its gold seal, and it remained a basic law of the Empire until it ended in 1806.
Before and after
- 1353Publication of The Decameron
- from 1354 to 1683Ottoman Wars in Europe
- from 1356 to 1806Electorate of Saxony
- from 1356 to 1375War of the Two Peters
- 10 January 1356Golden Bull of 1356
- from 1358 to 1918Archduchy of Austria
- from May 1358 to June 1358Jacquerie
- from 27 May 1358 to 31 January 1808Republic of Ragusa
- 1360Construction of Sforza Castle
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