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Gelnhausen Charter
The Gelnhausen Charter was issued by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa at the diet of Gelnhausen in April 1180. It divided the confiscated Duchy of Saxony of Henry the Lion, granting the western part as the Duchy of Westphalia to Archbishop Philip of Cologne and the rest to Bernhard of Anhalt. It marked the end of the old stem duchy of Saxony.
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