What cousin of Herman I, Duke of Swabia also had a chance to rule the Duchy of Franconia?
Herman I, Duke of Swabia Herman I (died 10 December 949) was the first Conradine Duke of Swabia (from 926), the son of Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine, and a cousin of King Conrad I of Germany.
Battle of Gammelsdorf The Battle of Gammelsdorf (German: "Schlacht von Gammelsdorf" ) circled around the question of who would execute tutelage over the minor children of the late Lower Bavarian Dukes, thus also commanding the tremendous economic power of that region. Their Upper Bavarian cousin, Duke Louis, the later Emperor Louis IV, "the Bavarian", as agreements within the several branches of the Bavarian line of the House of Wittelsbach determined and as the burghers of the Lower Bavarian cities wanted to see it done, or Duke Frederick I of Austria, "the Fair", also Louis' cousin, both having been raised and educated together in Vienna, as the widows and local aristocracy wished?