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* Conrad, Duke of Lorraine ( c. 922 – 955 )
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By contrast, Otto's son-in-law, Conrad the Red, whom he had installed as Duke of Lorraine in 944, extended his power base in Franconia.
In 1115, Henry V awarded the territory of Eastern Franconia ( Ostfranken ) to his nephew Conrad of Hohenstaufen, who used the title " Duke of Franconia.
Duke Frederick II and Conrad, the two current male Staufer, by their mother Agnes were grandsons of late Emperor Henry IV and nephews of Henry V. Frederick attempted to succeed to the throne of the Holy Roman Emperor ( formally known as the King of the Romans ) through a customary election, but lost to the Saxon duke Lothair of Supplinburg.
This union was contracted in connection with the Ascanian efforts to support the Junior Dukes in opposition to King Conrad III of Germany, who supported the deposed High Duke Władysław II as legal ruler of Poland.
Guy's claim was challenged by Conrad of Montferrat, second husband of Sibylla's half-sister, Isabella: Conrad, whose defence of Tyre had saved the kingdom in 1187, was supported by Philip of France, son of his first cousin Louis VII of France, and by another cousin, Duke Leopold V of Austria.
On his way to the territory of his brother-in-law Henry of Saxony, Richard was captured shortly before Christmas 1192 near Vienna by Leopold V, Duke of Austria who accused Richard of arranging the murder of his cousin Conrad of Montferrat.
Werner of Worms and his son Duke Conrad the Red of Lorraine, who died in 955, founded the ancestral dynasty.
Conrad the Red married Liutgarde, a daughter of Emperor Otto I, their son Otto I, Duke of Carinthia ruled Carinthia from 978 to 1004.
After having put down a rebellion by his son, Liudolf, Duke of Swabia and son-in-law, Conrad, Duke of Lorraine, Otto I the Great, King of the Germans, set out to Saxony, his duchy.
According to the chronicler Widukind of Corvey, Otto " pitched his camp in the territory of the city of Augsburg and joined there the forces of Henry I, Duke of Bavaria, who was himself lying mortally ill nearby, and by Duke Conrad with a large following of Franconian knights.
Duke Conrad was also killed, after he opened his vest in the summer heat and one arrow struck his throat.
Conrad and Lorraine
The arrival of Conrad, the exiled duke of Lotharingia ( Lorraine ) and Otto's son-in-law, was particularly heartening because he had recently thrown in his lot with the Magyars, but now returned to fight under Otto ; in the ensuing battle he lost his life.
The father of Conrad II, Henry of Speyer was a grandson of Liutgarde, a daughter of the great Emperor Otto I who had married the Salian Duke Conrad the Red of Lorraine.
Ulrich succeeded in persuading Liudolf and Conrad, Duke of Lorraine, Otto's son-in-law, to ask the king's pardon on 17 December 954.
On 13 March 949, the Salian Conrad the Red, duke of Lorraine and count of Speyergau, son of Werner V and son-in-law of Otto I, granted bishop Reginald I rights and possessions which included important sources of income for the church, e. g. the right to mint coins, half of the toll, market fees, the “ salt penny ,” wine tax and other taxes.
The following year after Archbishop Herhold allied with Duke Ludolph of Swabia and Duke Conrad the Red of Lorraine, he was deposed, imprisoned, blinded, and banished.
Conrad the Younger became undisputed Duke of all Franconia after this, nevertheless his attempts to extend the rule of the Conradines over the western Lorraine ( Lotharingian ) part of former Austrasia failed after the death of his uncle Duke Gebhard.
The rebellion was quashed and Conrad was deprived of Lorraine, which was instead granted to Otto's brother, Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne.
Though he had the support of his Swabians, his ally ( and brother-in-law ), Conrad the Red, was opposed by his own subjects in Lorraine.
In 953 – 954 he put down a revolt by Liudolf, Duke of Swabia and Conrad of Lorraine, and died in 955 in Pöhlde Abbey.
When the House of Bar, which ruled in Upper Lorraine, became extinct in 1033, with the death of his cousin Frederick III, Conrad made him duke of both duchies, so that he could assist in the defence of the territory against Odo II, count of Blois, Meaux, Chartres, and Troyes ( the later Champagne ).
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He was not, however, the first important German lutenist, because contemporaries credited Conrad Paumann ( c. 1410 – 1473 ) with the invention of German lute tablature.
The Basilica of Aquileia ( northern Italy ) contains an apse fresco ( c. 1031 ) showing emperor Conrad II, his wife Gisela of Swabia and Patriarch Poppone of Aquileia.
Gisela of Burgundy ( c. 975 – July 21, 1006 ) was the daughter of Conrad the Peaceful, King of Burgundy and Adelaide of Bellay, Conrad's second wife whom he probably married for love, as he had already produced an heir ( Rudolph III ) by his first, more dynastic, marriage and was thus free to wed as he pleased.
Nothing further is known about Fust save that, on October 30 ( c. 1471 ), Peter Schöffer, Johann Fust ( son ), and Schöffer's presumed partner Conrad Henlif ( variantly, Henekes or Henckis ) instituted an annual mass in the abbey-church of St. Victor of Paris, where Fust was buried.
Conrad I (; c. 890 – 23 December 918 ), called the Younger, was Duke of Franconia from 906 and King of Germany from 911 to 918, the only king of the Conradine ( or Franconian ) dynasty.
Conrad Grebel ( c. 1498 – 1526 ), son of a prominent Swiss merchant and councilman, was a co-founder of the Swiss Brethren movement and is often called the " Father of Anabaptists ".
Jörg vom Haus Jacob ( Georg Cajacob, or George of the House of Jacob ), commonly known as George Blaurock ( c. 1491 – September 6, 1529 ), with Conrad Grebel and Felix Manz, was co-founder of the Swiss Brethren in Zürich, and thereby one of the founders of Anabaptism.
Eberhard III ( c. 885 – 939 ) was a member of the Conradine dynasty, who became duke of Franconia following the death of his older brother, King Conrad I ( or Konrad ), in December 918.
Conrad Paumann ( c. 1410 – January 24, 1473 ) was a German organist, lutenist and composer of the early Renaissance.
Meinhard's wife from 1258 was Elisabeth of Bavaria ( c. 1227 – 73 ), the daughter of Duke Otto II and widow of King Conrad IV, King of the Romans.
Conrad Grebel University College was named after Conrad Grebel ( c. 1498 – 1526 ), a co-founder of the Swiss Brethren movement who is called the " Father of Anabaptists ".
Bruno of Würzburg ( c. 1005 – 27 May 1045 ), also known as Bruno of Carinthia, was imperial chancellor of Italy from 1027 to 1034 for Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, to whom he was related, and from 1034 until his death prince-bishop of Würzburg.
He married Matilde of Swabia ( c. 995 – 1031 ), daughter of Herman II, Duke of Swabia, and sister-in-law of Conrad.
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