What were the practical benefits of being the Holy Roman Emperor?

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>Holy
>Roman
>Emperor

>>1159308
pussy

your version of an abstract concept becomes the most relevant

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>>1159308
Emperor of what exactly?

>>1159308
Same as being a royal today. Little tangible power, but you're always taken care of because your very existence is symbolic of something greater.

>>1159308
>ywn own your own piece of land and war over others trying to make your clay the biggest
>ywn get married into a royal dynasty
>ywn get blessed by the Pope and try to spread the word of Christ in the land you claim
Hold me /his/, I just wanna own clay.

So no one put any thoughts into it?

>>1159308
More money
More soldiers

>>1159308
Some of them included, but were not limited to:
Being neither holy
nor a Roman
Or an Emperor.

Being emperor of the HRE was just de jure acknowledgement of your already existing hegemony over the HRE. Typically feudal lords of the largest empire would follow you to war unless it was unpopular

>>1159308
Well the question's kind of meaningless unless you give us a time period you're looking at. The authority of the Emperor varied greatly over the years.

>>1159936
that was not remotely the case.

Gather troops, gather money, make laws.