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Henry VIII, Holy Roman Emperor
I know that there have been threads about this in the past but as that was over a year ago I hope this is allowed. Can anyone see a way to get Henry VIII as Holy Roman Emperor? The Pope had apparently offered it to the Elector of Saxony to get him to go down on the Luther movemeent but it was declined. As the Pope made Henry VIII Defender of the Faith for his defense on marriage might he swing it to him partially as to keep the Hapsburgs from gaining even more power? I personally think that Catherine of Aragon should not be married (though if he became HRE it would have been easily annuled) as she later gave nothing but stillborns. Would this new position affect who Henry would Marry or would his three sickly legitamte children say he would have been doomed that way anyways?