 In 1093, Emperor Henry IV gave the Salian territories in Rhenish Franconia as a fief to Henry of Laach, the count palatine of Lower Lorraine at Aachen.His lands would evolve into the important principality of Electoral Palatinate.While Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1168 granted the ducal title to the prince-bishops of Würzburg in Eastern Franconia, Rhenish Franconia was divided and extinguished.