Holy Roman Empress

noun

Etymology

After Holy Roman Empire.

Definitions

  1. An empress of the Holy Roman Empire.

    • The Dutch textile and paper-cutting artist Joanna Koerten, for example, sold a piece made of “woven silk” to a Holy Roman Empress for 4,000 guilders — twice the price Rembrandt fetched for his world-famous painting, “Night Watch.”
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Holy Roman Empress.

    • Elsewhere in Europe, there was^([sic]) Adelaide of Burgundy (later a Holy Roman empress), Matilda of Tuscany (she led her troops into battle on horseback) and Catherine the Great.
    • Early death in childbirth – […] Maria Leopoldine, Holy Roman empress and queen of Hungary and Bohemia, died in 1649 at the age of 17.
  3. Rare form of Holy Roman Empress.

    • Matilda [‘the Empress’] d[uche]ss of Normandy, c[oun]t[e]ss of Anjou, holy Roman empress, lady of England, [pages] 43, 49, 118, 120–1, 123, 208 […] Theophano, holy Roman empress, 22, 68

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