The diagram says that the HRE became the German and Austrian empires, but really those were two external entities that gobbled up the remains after it fell; Nap

The diagram says that the HRE became the German and Austrian empires, but really those were two external entities that gobbled up the remains after it fell; Napoleon conquered the HRE, and thus by right of conquest the title of Emperor would go to him. Further, by being proclaimed emperor by the people, being crowned emperor by the Pope, and being recognized as emperor by the emperor in Constantinople, he was the last person to satisfy every historical requirement of being the Western Roman Emperor.