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 | | Able Kings, however, steadily increased their control over the country and the absolute strength of the state. |
 | | By the 20th Century, France had all but devoured the old kingdom of Burgundy, nearly all of the Duchy of Upper Lorraine, and Alsace, the part of the Duchy of Swabia west of the Rhine. |
 | | He deposed his cousin, Frederick IV of Naples, in 1501 and then defeated the French at Garigliano in 1503. |
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