I'm just throwing this out there.
What happens if Pope Leo III isn't saved by Magnus Forteman, he dies at the hands of the Roman mob.
The Title Holy Roman Emperor isn't created.
Will another Pope create it later, will there be another chance, as once the Frankish Empire starts it's process of subdivision, the title would be less and less useful, and feasable for any Pope to create.
So lets say the HRE never exists, this removes what in many ways, is a spanner in the works of Euroean history.
As an example, the various Emperors are less attractive as marriage targets, - Mary of Burgundy and Archduke Maximilian of Austria.
This over arching power - yet also powerless body - of the HRE removes a complication from central Europe, that i think increased the tendency to chaos.
What happens if Pope Leo III isn't saved by Magnus Forteman, he dies at the hands of the Roman mob.
The Title Holy Roman Emperor isn't created.
Will another Pope create it later, will there be another chance, as once the Frankish Empire starts it's process of subdivision, the title would be less and less useful, and feasable for any Pope to create.
So lets say the HRE never exists, this removes what in many ways, is a spanner in the works of Euroean history.
As an example, the various Emperors are less attractive as marriage targets, - Mary of Burgundy and Archduke Maximilian of Austria.
This over arching power - yet also powerless body - of the HRE removes a complication from central Europe, that i think increased the tendency to chaos.