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marquisate_n and_o electoral_a dignity_n 23_o otho_n brother_n to_o lewis_n the_o first_o and_o second_o who_o sell_v the_o marquisate_n and_o electoral_a dignity_n to_o charles_n the_o four_o 24_o wenceslaus_n son_n of_o charles_n the_o four_o afterward_o king_n of_o bohemia_n and_o emperor_n of_o the_o roman_n 25_o sigismond_n brother_n of_o wenceslaus_n emperor_n of_o the_o roman_n king_n of_o hungary_n and_o bohemia_n earl_n of_o luxenbourg_n who_o sell_v this_o marquisate_n to_o jodocus_n marquesse_n of_o moravia_n and_o have_v afterward_o redeem_v it_o confer_v the_o same_o on_o 1417_o 26_o frederick_n burgrave_n of_o nurenberg_n solemn_o invest_v herein_o at_o the_o council_n of_o constance_n anno_fw-la 1414._o for_o which_o investiture_n he_o pay_v unto_o the_o emperor_n the_o sum_n of_o 400000_o crown_n 1440_o 27_o frederick_n ii_o son_n of_o frederick_n the_o first_o to_o who_o the_o emperor_n frederick_n the_o three_o give_v the_o dukedom_n of_o pomeren_n 1470_o 28_o 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rome_n the_o better_a to_o assure_v himself_o of_o the_o aid_n of_o spain_n and_o this_o