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Eberhard III (c.
885-
939), a member of the
Conradine dynasty, became duke of
Franconia following the death of his older brother, King
Conrad I (or Konrad), in December 918. From 913 he was count of Hessengau and Persgau, 918 count of Oberlahngau, 914-918 margrave, and finally until his death duke of Franconia. From 926 to 928 he was simultaneously duke of
Lorraine.
On his deathbed, in December 918, King Conrad persuaded Eberhard to forego any ambition for the German crown and to urge the
Electors of the Empire to choose
Henry the Fowler, duke of Saxony, as his successor at the
Reichstag, which was held in May
919 in
Fritzlar. Conrad considered this the only way to end the long-standing feud between Saxons and Franks and to prevent the dissolution of the Empire into smaller states based on the German tribal duchies.
Eberhard remained loyal to King Henry I, and in 926 Henry also conferred to him the troubled and restless duchy of Lorraine (926 to 928) which Eberhard quickly stabilized.
After Henry's death, Eberhard soon came into conflict with Henry's son and successor, Emperor
Otto I. In 937 Eberhard invested Helmern castle near Peckelsheim, located within the Franconian duchy near the Saxon border, but garrisoned by a
Saxon who refused to swear fielty to any non-Saxon. The emperor called the feuding parties to a king's court at
Magdeburg where Eberhard was ordered to pay a fine and his lieutenants were sentenced to carry dead dogs in public, a particularly dishonoring punishment. Enfuriated, Eberhard joined Otto's opponents, raising a rebellion in 938 with Otto's halfbrother
Thankmar and the new duke of
Bavaria,
Eberhard (son of
Arnulf of Bavaria). Thankmar was soon killed in battle, and Eberhard of Bavaria was replaced by his uncle Berthold as duke of Bavaria (938-945). Following a brief reconciliation with Otto, Eberhard then allied himself with
Giselbert of Lorraine, Archbishop
Frederick of Mainz, and
Henry, Otto's younger brother, in a new uprising. On 23 October 939 the rebels were defeated at
Andernach. Eberhard of Franconia was killed in the battle, and his duchy became a direct Imperial possession from
939 to
1024.
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