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 …
Locations
People
- Eberhard of Franconia
- Gilbert
- Henry I, Bishop of Augsburg
- Herman I
- Hugh the Great
- Liudolf
- Louis IV, King of Western Francia
- Otto I
Groups
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Saxony, Duchy of
- Francia Occidentalis (West Francia, or France), Kingdom of
- Francia Orientalis (East Francia), Kingdom of
- Lotharingia, Duchy of
- Franconia, Duchy of
- Swabia, Duchy of
