Who has the best claim to the title of Roman Emperor? - YouTube vlogger Matt Baker considers five candidates for present-day successor of the Roman Emperors.
- Jean-Christophe Napoléon
- Karl von Habsburg
- King Felipe of Spain
- Dündar Ali Osman (Ottoman)
- Andrew Romanov (Russian)
He invited several history vloggers to give their opinions before giving his.
- Napoleon: 2
- Habsburg: 2
- Spanish: 1
- Ottoman: 4
- Russian: 6
They all have various arguments. Matt Baker has a purely legal argument, from the last Byzantine Emperor willing his titles to the Spanish monarch. The Ottoman Empire's claim is from having conquered the Byzantine Empire, and the Russian one is from a dynastic marriage and continuity of the Eastern Orthodox Church, complete with Moscow being the Third Rome. The Napoleon and Habsburg ones are from Charlemagne being a successor.