How did his pre-papal strategizing benefit Pope Alexander III in his struggles with Frederick I Barbarossa?
A. It ensured the fealty of the German duchies.
B. It meant he could count on the support of Sicily.
C. It arranged the neutrality of the Cluny monasteries.
D. It removed the divine right of the Hohenstaufen line.
Answer: B
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