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What if Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor of the house of Hohenstaufen, had died and never returned to Pavia after his defeat at the Battle of Legnano, at the hands of the Lombard league?
-How will his successor negotiate with the Lombard League, and the pope?
-Can Henry the Lion, Welf Duke of Saxony, benefit from this turn of events?
-What about France? If the HRE falls to civil war earlier than OTL, will the Capetians get some operating space?
-And what about Sicily? The Crusader states? Hungary and Poland? Other parts of Europe?
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