Holy Roman Empire - Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine VI was removed from the throne by his mother Irene who declared herself Empress

Time: 797

Place: Constantinople (Present Day Turkey)

Details: In 797, the Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine VI was removed from the throne by his mother Irene who declared herself Empress. As the Latin Church, influenced by Gothic law forbidding female leadership and property ownership, only regarded a male Roman Emperor as the head of Christendom, Pope Leo III sought a new candidate for the dignity, excluding consultation with the Patriarch of Constantinople. Charlemagne's good service to the Church in his defense of Papal possessions against the Lombards made him the ideal candidate.

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