De electione Wilhelmi comiiis Hollandie in regem Romanorum.
The Brief Crown of William of Holland
William, count of Holland, is elected king of the Romans in 1249 but is soon killed by the Frisians, illustrating the fleeting nature of earthly power.
In the year of our Lord 1249, after the death of the landgrave, William, count of Holland, was elected king of the Romans, but after a short time he was killed by the Frisians, and so neither of them possessed the imperial crown.1 (Ptol)2
Read the original Latin
Anno domini MCCXLIX mortuo lantgravio Wilhelmus comes Hollandie electus fuit in regem Romanorum, sed post modicum tempus est a Frisonibus interfectus, et sic uterque caruit corona imperiali. (Ptol )
Notes
- 1 ↩lantgravio: form uncertain, possibly a scribal variant; treated here as ablative absolute with mortuo ('the landgrave having died'). uterque ('each of the two') likely refers to William and his predecessor the landgrave, both of whom failed to hold the imperial crown.
- 2 ↩Ptol: abbreviation of uncertain reference, possibly a source siglum or author citation (e.g., Ptolemy). Retained as in the source.
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