HRE, the Russian Empire and the Ottoman empire all claimed that.
HRE claimed that because the Pope said so.
Russia claimed so because one of the Romanov’s married a Roman princess before the fall of Constantinople and were the largest Orthodox country(Orthodoxy follows the original Christianity of Rome closer according to themselves)
Otooman Empire claimed that(for a bit) as they conquered “Nova Roma”(Constantinople)
Didn’t Nazi Germany claim to be the third Roman empire?
HRE, the Russian Empire and the Ottoman empire all claimed that. HRE claimed that because the Pope said so. Russia claimed so because one of the Romanov’s married a Roman princess before the fall of Constantinople and were the largest Orthodox country(Orthodoxy follows the original Christianity of Rome closer according to themselves) Otooman Empire claimed that(for a bit) as they conquered “Nova Roma”(Constantinople)
No that was the other germany, the HRE one.