Ranking Every Holy Roman Emperor: Henry V

[u/Cultural_Act_8513]

[u/Objective-Golf-7616]

I’ll have to plug for high mediocre, at most low decent. Henry V certainly wasn’t incompetent or without ability, it’s just he had much more failure than success, all in all.

Fortunately… we’re nearing the Staufen soon, so we’ll finally get some more ‘Greats’. (since it seems the top tier has been combined)

[u/Cultural_Act_8513 → u/Objective-Golf-7616]

Henry V is an interesting one.

[u/MindlessNectarine374 → u/Objective-Golf-7616]

Well, he captured the pope and forced the latter to crown him emperor. He wasn't well-liked by the German princes. Later, it was claimed that him being childless and the male line of Salian dynasty dying out was a punishment for his sins.

Nun, er nahm den Papst gefangen und zwang diesen, ihn zum Kaiser zu krönen. Er war nicht sonderlich bei den deutschen Fürsten. Später wurde behauptet, dass seine Kinderlosigkeit und das Aussterben der männlichen Linie der Salierdynastie eine Strafe für seine Sünden gewesen seien.

[u/relaxitschinababy]

Otto II still stuck in mediocre....come on...

[u/Cultural_Act_8513 → u/relaxitschinababy]

I will put him in fair with henry V its between mediocre and decent.

[u/Iosephus_1973]

Mediocre - I believe he should be mediocre. Quite some failures with one major success with the Concordate of Worms.

[u/Twannyman → u/Iosephus_1973]

Hmm I'm liable to say that just Concordate of Worms puts him in decent, but he feels like he should in between Mediocre and Decent, like an okay tier would be perfect for him

[u/Great_AEONS]

Decent, especially compared to his father and grandfather. Yes he ended up falling for the same pits they had but he came out of his issues in a stronger position than what you'd expect. That is if you ignore the fact that he was the last of his dynasty, but I won't put any more emphasis on that.

[u/Cultural_Act_8513 → u/Great_AEONS]

I added a new tier between decent and mediocre, its called fair. Would you like to rank him in that tier?

[u/Great_AEONS → u/Cultural_Act_8513]

No. Heinrich III is listed under "Decent" already and so he and his grandson are at around the same level in my perspective.

[u/Legitimate-Data297]

Mediocre

[u/Odd-Discussion-8557]

He rebelled against his father when he was about to inherit anyway, thats a bit dumb

[u/Cultural_Act_8513 → u/[deleted]]

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