| OTTOI | King considered founder of the Holy Roman Empire |
| OTTO | Founder of the Holy Roman Empire |
| UHURA | "Star Trek" character whom Martin Luther King considered inspirational |
| BOHEMIA | A kingdom of the Holy Roman Empire which later formed part of the Czech Republic (7) |
| ELECTOR | What was the title formerly carried by princes and archbishops of the Holy Roman Empire, who appointed the emperor? (7) |
| BRABANT | Duchy of ___, state of the Holy Roman Empire disestablished in 1795 (7) |
| HOLSTEIN | Duchy, once the northernmost part of the Holy Roman Empire (8) |
| REICH | The first was the Holy Roman Empire, the second the regime lasting from 1871 until the end of WWI, and Nazi Germany was the Third ... |
| AULICCOUNCIL | Judicial body of the Holy Roman Empire organized by Maximilian I in the late 15th century |
| LIEGE | Province of E. Belgium, formerly a principality of the Holy Roman Empire (5) |
| OTHO | Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, 962-73. |
| AULIC | -- Council, a supreme court of the Holy Roman Empire (5) |
| HOLLAND | County of the Holy Roman Empire |
| DIETS | Formal assemblies of the Holy Roman Empire, such as Nuremberg and Worms |
| DIET | An assembly of the holy Roman empire, such as that before which Martin Luther appeared on heresy charges (4) |
| DIETOFWORMS | 1521 assembly of the Holy Roman Empire convened to deliberate on Martin Luther's teachings (4,2,5) |
| MARGRAVE | Noble title of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire |
| PIPPIN | Musical set in "the Holy Roman Empire and thereabouts" |
| HABSBURG | Austrian royal house which ruled the Holy Roman Empire 1438-1740 (8) |
| PINERO | Author of "The Holy Roman Emperor" |
