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25: 400:, where Eberhard was ordered to pay a fine and his lieutenants were sentenced to carry dead dogs in public, a particularly dishonouring punishment. Infuriated, Eberhard joined Otto's opponents, raising a rebellion in 938 with Otto's half-brother 427:, Otto's younger brother, in a new uprising. Their united forces posed a serious threat to Otto's rule; nevertheless, on 2 October 939, the rebels were finally defeated in the 361:
Eberhard succeeded his brother as Duke of Franconia and remained a loyal supporter of the new king Henry I. After Henry had reconquered the troubled and restless Duchy of
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region, had been loyal supporters of the Carolingians. At the same time, they competed vigorously for predominance in Franconia with the sons of the
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Following a brief reconciliation with King Otto, Eberhard then allied himself with Duke Gilbert of Lorraine, Archbishop
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in 926. Eberhard quickly stabilized the Lotharingian lands and ruled until in 928 King Henry enfeoffed his son-in-law
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and Persgau, 913 and 928 als as count in the Upper Lahngau. He supported his brother against the rivalling dukes
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who refused to swear fealty to any non-Saxon. King Otto called the feuding parties to a royal court at
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After Henry's death, however, Eberhard soon came into conflict with the king's son and successor
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took the Conradines' side and Conrad the Younger became the undisputed duke of all Franconia.
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and his wife Glismut (d. 924), probably an illegitimate daughter of the Carolingian emperor
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duke Henry the Fowler, as his successor. Eberhard was assigned to personally hand over the
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and to prevent the dissolution of the Empire into smaller states based on the German
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Castle, and Eberhard of Bavaria was replaced by his uncle
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Castle. In 906 the two parties battled each other near
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Duke of Franconia
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Conrad the Elder
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Duke of Franconia
Conrad I
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