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Cancor
Cancor was a Frankish count in the middle Rhine region in the 8th century. In 764 he and his mother Williswinda founded a monastery on their estate at Lorsch and placed it under their kinsman Chrodegang, bishop of Metz. Lorsch soon passed under royal protection and grew into one of the richest abbeys of the Carolingian realm.
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