 Armed conflicts between Henry II and Herman II broke out but proved to be inconclusive.This forced the two men to fight each other politically for the support of the Swabian nobles.Unable to decisively defeat Herman in Swabia, Henry II attempted to legitimize his seizing the throne by traveling throughout the various duchies of his kingdom – Saxony, Bavaria, Swabia, Upper Lorraine, Lower Lorraine, Franconia.