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Group: Louisiana (New France)
Location: Gniezno Poznan Poland

Conrad had granted Franconia to his brother …

Years: 939 - 939

Conrad had granted Franconia to his brother Eberhard on his succession, but when Eberhard rebelled against Otto I in 938, he was deposed from his duchy.

Rather than appoint a new duke from his own circle, Otto in 939 divides the threatening power of the duchy among the great ecclesiastics with and through whom he rules, and who have remained faithful to his cause: the Bishop of Würzburg and …