thumb|upright|Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry VII crossing the Alps on his Italienzug (1312). From the [[Codex Balduini Trevirensis (c.1340).]] An Italienzug (also known as Romfahrt or Romzug in German, or as expeditio italica in Latin) was the expedition undertaken by an elected king of the Romans to be crowned by the pope as Holy Roman Emperor in the city of Rome. Prior to the reforms of Frederick Barbarossa, the kings of the Romans struggled to muster an army for the expedition, for they needed the formal approval of the Reichstag. If such approval was granted, the king had permission t
thumb|upright|Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry VII crossing the Alps on his Italienzug (1312). From the [[Codex Balduini Trevirensis (c.1340).]] An Italienzug (also known as Romfahrt or Romzug in German, or as expeditio italica in Latin) was the expedition undertaken by an elected king of the Romans to be crowned by the pope as Holy Roman Emperor in the city of Rome. Prior to the reforms of Frederick Barbarossa, the kings of the Romans struggled to muster an army for the expedition, for they needed the formal approval of the Reichstag. If such approval was granted, the king had permission to recruit knights for their military service in Italy for 410 days.
However, the nobility was generally disinterested and inclined to rather substitute a monetary payment for the service. Therefore, the small force tended to be composed of mercenaries and high ranking clergymen, reinforced by loyal Italian cities. Occasionally, the substitution was not enough – Henry V ended up using his wife Matilda's dowry to fund his Italienzug.
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