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It was never a nation, but rather a weakening collection of territories extending from today's Belgium to the Czech Republic and northern Italy. The last Emperor Francis II scrapped the title in 1806 in favour of a more unitary Austrian empire.
Voltaire said the Holy Roman Empire was not 'Holy, Roman, or an Empire.'
The Holy Roman Empire followed the Byzantine Empire.
The Holy Roman Empire was finally dissolved when Holy Roman Emperor Francis II abdicated, or renounced his throne. It can also be credited to Napoléon, who defeated the HRE in battle which led to Francis abdicating.
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it united its territories under a central goverment