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where on October 24, 1273, Archbishop Engelbert II of Cologne formally crowned him in Charlemagne's cathedral. Rudolf ignored Pope Gregory X's claim to approval. Despite the Curia's reluctance, the Habsburg's support for the Staufers, for which he had been excommunicated in 1248, had not yet been forgotten, the pope eventually acknowledged Rudolf's election on September 20, 1274. Rudolf met with Gregory X on October 20,

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