The claim of the third, Gregory VI, was peculiar in that he had purchased the title in good faith from Benedict IX two years previously.
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As his first pontifical act, Clement II placed the imperial crown upon his benefactor and the queen consort, Agnes, daughter of William V, Duke of Aquitaine.
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Suidger became the new pope, taking the title Clement II, but insisting on retaining the See of Bamberg, which was a source of financial support beyond the reach of Roman factions.
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Pope Gregory VI, John Gratian, elected 1045; abdicated at the Council of Sutri in 1046; died 1048