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| | Guy of Spoleto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In 842, the former Duchy of Spoleto, which had been donated to the Papacy by Charlemagne, was resurrected by the Franks to be held against Byzantine governors to the south, as a Frankish border territory by a dependent margrave. |
 | | Among the more outstanding of the Frankish dukes, Guy I (married to Rothilde, a daughter of Lothair I) divided the duchy between his two sons, Lambert, who received Spoleto, and Guy, who received as his share the lordship of Camerino, which was made a duchy. |
 | | Guy's power never extended over much hereditary lands, which offered stark illustration of the fact that the imperial title, with its pretentions of universal rule, had by the end of the ninth century become merely a token of the Pope's favour, to be fought over by various Italian nobles. |
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