Cryptologists finally crack 500-year-old secret code used by the Holy Roman Emperor Jeff Parsons Published November 28, 2022 2:43pm Updated November 29, 2022 3:58pm ...

Holy Roman Emperor’s Secret Code Broken After 500 Years, Revealing Assassination Fears ... the death of King Henry VIII of England – a key ally of Charles V ...

Westminster Abbey Reveals Surprising Connection to First Holy Roman Emperor A Medieval silk bag that once held Henry III's seal has connections to Charlemagne's burial shroud. Left: A 19th-Century ...

In 1547, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V penned a letter to his ambassador, Jean de Saint-Mauris, part of which was written in the ruler's secret code. Nearly five centuries later, researchers have ...

The outsider candidate in the Imperial election of 1519, which was meant to choose a Holy Roman Emperor, was Henry VIII of England. He had no particular dynastic claim to the title, and, though he ...