Editing Holy Roman Empire (section)

=== Foreign relations ===
The Habsburg royal family had its own diplomats to represent its interests. The larger principalities in the Holy Roman Empire, beginning around 1648, also did the same. The Holy Roman Empire did not have its own dedicated ministry of foreign affairs and therefore the [[Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Diet]] had no control over these diplomats; occasionally the Diet criticised them.{{Sfn|Wilson|1999|p=70}}<!--Note the page numbers 70 and 69 came from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Holy_Roman_Empire&diff=prev&oldid=905420229&diffmode=source which shows 0230344593}}, 9780230344594 - it is possible the different editions (which have different ISBNs) may have the content in different locations. -->

When [[Regensburg]] served as the site of the Diet, France and, in the late 1700s, Russia, had diplomatic representatives there.{{Sfn|Wilson|1999|p=70}} The kings of Denmark, Great Britain, and Sweden had land holdings in Germany and so had representation in the Diet itself.{{Sfn|Wilson|1999|p=69}} The Netherlands also had envoys in Regensburg. Regensburg was the place where envoys met as it was where representatives of the Diet could be reached.{{Sfn|Härter|2011|pp=122–123, 132}}<!--Note that page 122 discusses which countries sent envoys, and page 132 discusses why Regensburg was chosen-->