All the better, you think, as you are much more interested in promoting local trade instead of war. Your ruler, the ambitious Otto I, King of the Germans, gives little thought to your backwater lands. Together you raise your 16-year old son (also named Dirk), who is growing into a well-mannered, if shy and overweight, young man. You are doted on by your much younger second wife, the 21-year old Gerberga. Despite your venerable age of 69 years, you remain sharp-witted and fit. You are Dirk of the House of Gerulfing, Duke of West Frisia.
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