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    the emperor formally recognized in 1157 the de facto ecclesiastical control over the city of Lyon with the Bulle d'Or. One important aid to Lyon's prosperity...
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    Besançon (an autonomous city-state under the Holy Roman Emperor) in 1184. In 1157, Emperor Frederick Barbarossa held the Diet of Besançon. There, Cardinal...
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    Fribourg (category 1157 establishments in Europe)
    foundation on the plains near Pérolles. The town was founded as Freiburg in 1157 by Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen. Its name is derived from German frei (free)...
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    the diocese of Besançon, father of Louis II. Louis I of Abbans (? – after 1157), Lord of Abbans, knight and squire, he donated to the Abbey Notre-Dame of...
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