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Events on Thursday 18 November 1210 1
1210Excommunication of Emperor Otto IVPope Innocent III breaks with the emperor he had crownedPope Innocent III excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV after Otto invaded the papal-protected Kingdom of Sicily. The rupture undermined Otto's authority in Germany and opened the way for the young Frederick II to contest the imperial throne.