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Theophylact is mentioned for the first time in a document of 901 as palatine judge of the Emperor Louis III. Remaining in Rome at the command of a group of soldiers after the former's return to Provence, he became sacri palatii vestiarius and Magister Militum per Romae by Pope Sergius III about 904 AD, effectively seizing control of the city. All subsequent popes of the period were elected at Theophylact's will.
WI Theophylact persuaded Pope Sergius III to crown him Rex Italiae? Sergius III was in good terms with ERE Leo VI (he had just absolved him for his fourth marriage after the refusal of Patriarch of Constantinople to do so...) so he could forge an alliance with ERE... Is this possible? How is this altering History? Any thoughts?