Assertion: nobility's title | /r/CapableOf | cease to be a holy roman emperor
Facets:
Source sentences:
text: Moreover the title of Freiherr continued to be conferred by lesser sovereigns (e.g. reigning Dukes and Princes) after there ceased to be a Holy Roman Emperor, and it was conferred on persons/families who had never been vassals and never been "peers" in any Reichstag -- quite aside from the fact that peerages descend by primogeniture whereas the baronial title in German and Baltic states descended ad infinitum to all legitimate male-line descendants of the original title-holder.