Eberhard (* about 885; † 939), a member of the Conradine dynasty, became duke of Franconia as Eberhard III following the death of his older brother, King Conrad I (or Konrad) in December 918. From 913 he was count of Hessengau and Persgau, 918 count of Oberlahngau, 914-918 margrave, und finally until his death duke of Franconia. From 926 to 928 he was simultaneously duke of Lorraine. Events Vietnam became a tributary kingdom to China. ... The Conradines were a short-lived dynasty of Franconian dukes, named after Konrad the Elder and his son Conrad I (or Konrad), Duke of Franconia, King of Germany. ... The Franconian Rake is originally is a heraldic symbol of the bishops of Würzburg, who - though nominally Dukes of Franconia - only ruled in parts of Franconia. ... Conrad I (or Konrad), Duke of Franconia, King of Germany was king of the German Holy Roman Empire from 911 to 918. ... Lorraine can refer to: the historical independent duchy and later French province of Lorraine: see Lorraine (province). ...

On his deathbed, in December 918, King Conrad persuaded Eberhard to forego any ambition for the German crown and to urge the Electors of the Empire to choose Henry the Fowler, duke of Saxony, as his successor at the Reichstag, which was held in May 919 in Fritzlar. Conrad considered this the only way to end the long-standing feud between Saxons and Francs and to prevent the dissolution of the Empire into smaller states based on the German tribal duchies. An elector can be: In the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation, the collegiate of seven Electors (eight since 1648) (Kurfürsten) consisted of those lay or clerical princes who had the right to vote in the election of the king or Holy Roman Emperor; see prince-elector. ... Henry I, the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Vogler) (876 - July 2, 936), was Duke of Saxony from 912 and king of the Germans from 919 until his death in 936. ... The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (German: Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation â–¶(?), Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium Nationis Germanicae, see names and designations of the empire) was a political conglomeration of lands in Central Europe in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. ... Events King Edward I of England conquers Bedford. ... Fritzlar is a small German town (pop. ...

Eberhard remained loyal to King Henry I, and in 926 Henry also conferred to him the troubled and restless duchy of Lorraine (926 bis 928) which Eberhard quickly stabilized.

After Henry's death, Eberhard soon came into conflict with Henry's son and successor, Emperor Otto I. In 937 Eberhard invested Helmern castle near Peckelsheim, located within the Franconian duchy near the Saxon border, but garrisoned by a Saxon who refused to swear fielty to any non-Saxon. The emperor called the feuding parties to a king's court at Magdeburg where Eberhard was ordered to pay a fine and his lieutenants were sentenced to carry dead dogs in public, a particularly dishonoring punishment. Enfuriated, Eberhard joined Otto's opponents, raising a rebellion in 938 with Otto's halfbrother Thankmar and the new duke of Bavaria, Eberhard (son of Arnulf of Bavaria). Thankmar was soon killed in battle, and Eberhard of Bavaria was replaced by his uncle Berthold as duke of Bavaria (938-945). Following a brief reconciliation with Otto, Eberhard then allied himself with Giselbert of Lorraine and Henry, Otto's younger brother, in a new uprising. On 23 October 939 the rebels were defeated at Andernach. Eberhard of Franconia was killed in the battle, and his duchy became a direct Imperial possession from 939 to 1024. Saxon may refer to: The Saxon people The Anglo-Saxon people Saxon language: Anglo-Saxon language (the ancestor language of English) Lower Saxon language (a variety of Low German) Old Saxon language (the ancestor language of Anglo-Saxon language) Upper Saxon dialect (a variety of High German) An inhabitant of... Magdeburg, the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe river. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Andernach is a town in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany on the left bank of the Rhine river, just north of Koblenz. ... Events Vietnam became a tributary kingdom to China. ... This article is about the year. ...