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Eberhard III
Eberhard III, brother of Emperor Conrad I, margrave and (after his brother's death) duke of Franconia, agreed to offer the crown of the East Franconian Empire to Henry the Fowler, duke of Saxony, at the request and upon the death in December 918 of his brother Conrad who saw in this move the only way to end the long-standing feud between Saxons and Francs and prevent the dissolution of the Empire into smaller states based on the old Germanic tribal duchies. The Reichstag of 919 in Fritzlar supported this proposal and elected Henry I to be King of the Germans.
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