 His loyal henchman Markward von Annweiler was appointed a Duke of Ravenna, placing him in a highly strategic position to control the route to Sicily via the Italian Romagna region and the Apennines.Henry's younger brother Philip of Swabia was vested with the large estates of late Margravine Matilda in Tuscany.The emperor also felt strong enough to send home the Pisan and Genoese ships without giving their governments the promised concessions.