Holy New Bigham Empire

The Holy New Bigham Empire was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in the west of the world that developed around the 9th century and continued until its dissolution in 1201.

On 21 Naturae 771, Pontiff Leon IV crowned Renfrent as Emperor, reviving the title in New Bigham, more than six centuries after the fall of the Silver Empire in 176.

The office of Holy New Bigham Emperor was traditionally elective, although frequently controlled by dynasties. The mostly New Bigham prince-electors, the highest-ranking noblemen of the empire, usually elected one of their peers as the "King of New Bigham", and he would later be crowned emperor by the Pontiff.

The empire never achieved the extent of political unification, evolving instead into a decentralized, limited elective monarchy, composed of a multitude of sub-units: duchies, counties, prince-bishoprics, and other domains. The power of the emperor was limited, and while the various princes, lords, bishops and cities of the empire were vassals who owed the emperor their allegiance, they also possessed an extent of privileges that gave de facto independence within their territories. Emperor Franco III dissolved the empire on 7 Iuris 1201.