
Many matters are debated between the emperor and the Counts on an equal standing and then agreed upon, and the outcome is not always as the emperor wants. Nearly all of the emperors were chosen from among the Elector Counts and in many ways being emperor means being but the "first among equals." The emperor is the recognised leader of the Elector Counts, who are themselves powerful and independent nobles. However, the heir may lose the election due to personal enmities, political manoeuvring or his or her own personal failings.

Therefore a dynastic succession is a strong possibility. The heir of the deceased emperor is an obvious candidate under normal circumstances he will be supported by the friends and allies of his predecessor. An election is held with 15 Electors, 10 of which are Elector Counts. Upon the death of an emperor the throne does not automatically pass to his heir.

The first emperor was Sigmar Heldenhammer and his coronation marked the starting point of the Imperial Calendar. The emperor is elected from among and by the majority vote of the fifteen Elector Counts and crowned by the Grand Theogonist. Empress), more formally known as the Emperor of Man during the time of Sigmar, is the title of the elected monarch of the Empire of Man, the most powerful Human realm of the Old World. Kurt Helborg to the soon-to-be-elected Emperor Karl FranzĮmperor Karl Franz, the current ruler of the EmpireĮmperor (fem. Provenienz: Aus dem Besitz der Nachfahren des Generalmajors Friedrich von Winther (1784-1857), Schloss Mühlfeld / Herrsching." It is your selfish desire to shun the power that makes you the best candidate." Es kann davon ausgegangen werden, dass Franz Adam die Studien seines Vaters zu dessen Radetzky-Bildnis kannte, bei unserem Gemälde aus diesen Vorbildern schöpfte, um dann später sein großes Reiterbildnis Radetzkys anzufertigen. Die Zusammenarbeit der Mitglieder der Künstlerfamilie Adam miteinander ist in vielen Fällen belegt. 1858 präsentierte schließlich Franz Adam sein eigenes, "nach dem Leben gemaltes", lebensgroßes Reiterbildnis des Feldmarschalls auf der Münchener Kunstausstellung. Bereits 1848 hatte Albrecht Adam, nachdem er in Mailand Radetzky vorgestellt worden war, ein Bildnis desselben, auf einem Apfelschimmel sitzend, geschaffen (Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Neue Pinakothek, WAF 11). beschädigt Franz Adam war der zweite Sohn des Künstlers Albrecht Adam und Schüler seines Vaters. Rechts unten signiert und 1831 datiert bzw. Franz Adam, rider with caterpillar helmet - Field Marshal Johann Josef Wenzel Graf von Radetzky on horseback Zwei Gemäldeminiaturen.
