Yes, but he ceased to be HRE in 1806 upon defeat by Napoleon. I see there's some ambiguity here in the way the question was posed and how I answered, but that's

Yes, but he ceased to be HRE in 1806 upon defeat by Napoleon. I see there's some ambiguity here in the way the question was posed and how I answered, but that's what I meant to refer to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Holy_Roman_...