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1125. Henry 5th/ leaving no issue, it was expected that the empire would be conferred on one of his Nephews, either Conrad Duke of Franconia, or Frederick Duke of Suabia his brother; (of Stohenstauffen) but by the Intrigues of the Archbishop of Mentz. Lothario of Saxe Supplembourg was Elected. He subdued the Bohemians by force of arms, put an end to the schism which then reign'd in the Church: He drove Roger Kg of Amelia & Kg of Sicily, who had supported the Antipope, out of Italy. He ordered Justice to be administered throughout the Empire according to the Justinian Code, a copy of which had lately been discovered. -- The reign of the House of Franconia in Germany is remarkable for the States extending their power at the expense of that of the Emperors. Lothario died in. 1139.
