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and in 1345 to neutralise the County temporarily as a political power. The rulers of southern
Westphalia had far-reaching connections however, particularly through their family relationships, and were soon able to escalate the conflict into a full-scale local war, to which in 1347 and 1349 it was
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This military activity put such a strain on
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At this time Walram was still living in France. His appointment clearly rested on his high birth and the wealth and political will of his brother rather than on his own ability. At the beginning of his time in office the tensions which had been building up over the previous decade between the
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In 1349 he began a journey to France with a small retinue, ostensibly for the purpose of saving the chapter the great expenses of maintaining a court. In the course of the journey he died on 14 August 1349 in Paris. His body was returned to
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Walram was not however entirely lacking in achievements. In the first years of his reign he agreed a pact of friendship between the
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Menden was unusually subject to damage in the repeated conflicts between
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significant concessions and money, which he used to extend the territory of the
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