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, duke of saxony. during his reign, a succession dispute broke out between the houses of welf and staufen ; the latter was led by frederick ii and his brother duke conrad of franconia. the hohenstaufen, or waiblingen, of swabia, who were known as ghibellines in italy, held the german and imperial crowns
frederick seized the papal states, and the new pope, innocent iv, fled to lyon. frederick died peacefully, wearing the habit of a cistercian monk, on december , , in castel fiorentino near lucera, in puglia, after an attack of dysentery. his legitimate son conrad iv inherited the imperial and sicilian crowns...
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