Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20130202175501/@comment-32656-20130530095256

Yes, that is more or less what I meant. The fighting was over independence, not the throne, but the results were the same.

The ERE held onto territories on either side of the central portion of the peninsula, true - but not the interior of it.

No, the Lombards could not have.

No, the Pope would not gain any of that.