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Which Guelph relative did Frederick confirm as duke of Saxony and Bavaria?

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Frederick reconfirmed Henry the Lion, successor of Henry the Proud, as duke of Saxony and Bavaria. Later in Frederick's reign friction between the two developed, and in 1180, Frederick confiscated Henry's duchies; the Guelphs retained only Brunswick and Lüneburg.

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