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Roman king Conrad IV orders Berthold, the margrave of Vohburg-Hohenburg, to explain to the podestà of Koper, Andrea Zeno, and to the Capodistrians under his authority, how the Margraviate of Istria is an imperial land bestowed unto the late Aquileian Patriarch Berthold V of Andechs by the king’s father (Emperor Frederick II), but now, with the patriarch’s death, the Empire can again freely dispose with the Margraviate and therefore, the citizens of Koper should not swear any fealty to the newly elected Aquileian Patriarch Gregory of Montelongo, but persevere in their allegiance to the Empire.