{"slug": "aachen-cathedral", "label": "Aachen Cathedral", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen_Cathedral", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5908", "qid": "Q5908", "description": "Roman-Catholic cathedral in Aachen, Germany", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [814, 1376], "span_label": ["814 CE", "1376 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}], "also_known_as": ["Cathedral of Aachen"], "related": [{"slug": "charlemagne", "label": "Charlemagne", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "otto-iii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-germany", "label": "Kingdom of Germany", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "austria", "label": "Austria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "otto-the-great", "label": "Otto the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mainz", "label": "Mainz", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-carinthia", "label": "Duchy of Carinthia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-ii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "willigis", "label": "Willigis", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aachen", "label": "Aachen", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 814, "year_label": "814 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 – Charlemagne dies of pleurisy in Aachen, after an almost 14-year reign (since 800) as the first Roman Emperor of Frankish origin (the precursor of the Holy Roman Emperor). He is embalmed and buried in Aachen Cathedral. Charlemagne is succeeded by his son Louis the Pious, as king of the Frankish Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655218#Europe", "title": "814", "revid": 1366655218, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1001, "year_label": "1001 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor has Charlemagne's vault opened at Aachen Cathedral.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910152#Europe", "title": "1001", "revid": 1341910152, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1002, "year_label": "1002 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 – Emperor Otto III dies, at the age of 22, of smallpox at Castle of Paterno (near Rome) after a 19-year reign. He leaves no son, nor a surviving brother who can succeed by hereditary right to the throne. Otto is buried in Aachen Cathedral alongside the body of Charlemagne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371270947#Europe", "title": "1002", "revid": 1371270947, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1002, "year_label": "1002 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 7", "text": "June 7 – Henry II, a cousin of Otto III, is elected and crowned as King of Germany by Archbishop Willigis at Mainz. Henry does not recognise the coronation of Arduin. Otto of Worms withdraws his nomination for the title of Holy Roman Emperor and receives the Duchy of Carinthia (modern Austria) - Henry is the first King to be elected away from the Cathedral of Aachen since the tradition was begun by Otto I in 936.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371270947#Europe", "title": "1002", "revid": 1371270947, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1028, "year_label": "1028 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 14", "text": "April 14 – The 10-year-old Henry III (the Black), son of Emperor Conrad II (the Elder), is elected and crowned king of Germany in Aachen Cathedral by Pilgrim, archbishop of Cologne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363299472#Europe", "title": "1028", "revid": 1363299472, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1273, "year_label": "1273 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 1", "text": "October 1 – Rudolf I is elected King of Germany over the rival candidate Ottokar II, king of Bohemia, ending the Great Interregnum. He is the first of many Habsburgs to hold the throne and is crowned in Aachen Cathedral, on October 24. Ottokar refuses to acknowledge Rudolf as the new ruler and is placed under the imperial ban, leading to the outbreak of war in 1276.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364847849#Europe", "title": "1273", "revid": 1364847849, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1376, "year_label": "1376 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – Wenceslaus the Idle is crowned King of the Romans at a ceremony in the Aachen Cathedral.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371264713#July–September", "title": "1376", "revid": 1371264713, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}