Would it have been possible for one or more Italian princes to be granted the status of an Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. I see Savoy as the easiest, since it was considered to technically be part of Germany, and the Electors only ever elected the King of the Germans. Could Savoy have been made an elector, together perhaps with one or two other Italian lords in order to bind Italy more closely to the crown? And if so, how might that have effected the Empire?