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He was a son of the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II and the queen regnant of Jerusalem, Isabella II ( Yolanda ).

Born in Andria, Conrad was the second but only surviving child of Frederick and Isabella II, who died while giving birth to him.

Conrad lived in Italy until 1235, when he first visited Germany.

During this period his kingdom of Jerusalem, ruled by his father as regent through proxies, was racked by the War of the Lombards until Conrad declared his majority and his father's regency lost its validity.