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An interesting, yet rarely visited POD: WI Philip of Swabia, King of Germany and Duke of Swabia, is not assassinated in 1208 by mad Otto VIII. Once Frederick II, Stupor Mundi, comes of age, shall these two Swabians partition the HRE, with Philip ruling Germany and Frederick Sicily? What rivalries, conflict and quagmires could one expect to see arise in this scenario? I for one highly doubt that Philip would merely make way for Fred to rule in Germany, much less in their ancestral Swabia...
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