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Because members of the house of Arkel generally had the same name, John, it can be easy to confuse them. Therefore, the bishop John of Arkel is generally referred to as just John, while his namesake family members usually have numerals behind their name to identify them (for example, his father was
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The bishopric was then in a better position than it had been for a long time. The diocese had removed itself from the influence of the count of
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