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[[Frederick I, Archbishop of Cologne|Frederick I]], the [[Archbishopric of Cologne|Archbishop of Cologne]], had acquired half of the [[County of Arnsberg]] in 1102. The other counties of the region could not resist the encroachment of the Archbishopric, and soon after the counties of [[Werl]], [[Rüthen]] and [[Volmarstein]] followed. The former count of Arnsberg created a new County known as [[Werl-Arnsberg]], and successfully kept it independent of the Archbishops. When [[Henry the Lion]] of Saxony was defeated in 1180, the [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Frederick Barbarossa|Frederick I Barbarossa]] presented the Archbishop of Cologne, [[Philip I (archbishop of Cologne)|Philip of Heinsberg]] with these territories and the south of the former Duchy of Saxony as the Duchy of Westphalia.

 

 

The Archbishop [[Frederick III von Saarwerden|Frederick von Saarwerden]] began a hopeless campaign to maintain Colognian rights in [[Marck]], and in 1392 was forced to abandon them. His successor, [[Dietrich II von Moers|Dietrich II of Moers]] witnessed the last attempts by Cologne to gain rulership in Westphalia by attempting to break the powerful positions of [[Cleves]] and [[Marck]]. The financial burden placed upon the knights and cities of the Duchy of Westphalia led them into union in 1437. Cologne made peace with Cleves in 1441: this led [[Soest, Germany|Soest]], the richest town of Westphalia, to refuse recognising Colognian supremacy in 1444 in the [[Soest Feud]], that lasted until 1449. Soest had become a part of the [[Duchy of Cleves]]. Thereafter the town of [[Arnsberg]] became the administrative capital of Westphalia. Economically the loss of Soest had weakened the duchy. Especially as the surroundings of the town were very fertile and the grain was needed for the mountainous regions in the South. Peace with Marck was made in 1445 which witnessed territorial concessions from both sides.