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- ↑ Early chroniclers added a Bishop Berthold between Bishop Reinward and Albrecht, but Machatschek after re-examining the evidence removed Berthold entirely, and had Albrecht follow immediately after Reinward. Similarly, a Bishop Bruno II was once considered Albrecht's successor, but Machatschek also showed that Bruno was an error, and that Albrecht's direct successor was Gerung.
