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Conrad of Montferrat ( or Conrad I of Jerusalem ) ( Italian: Corrado del Monferrato ; Piedmontese: Conrà ëd Monfrà ) ( mid-1140s – 28 April 1192 ) was a northern Italian nobleman, one of the major participants in the Third Crusade.
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Conrad and Montferrat
* 1192 – Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat ( Conrad I ), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election.
The kingdom of Cyprus passed to Hugh, his only surviving son, while the kingdom of Jerusalem passed to Maria, the daughter of Isabella by her previous marriage with Conrad of Montferrat.
He is by no means an impartial source: he is prejudiced against the Saracens, against the French, and against all the rivals or enemies of his master, including the Polein party which supported Conrad of Montferrat against Guy of Lusignan.
In 1192, Conrad of Montferrat, the de facto King of Jerusalem, was killed by an assassin.
Only the port of Tyre remained in Frankish hands, defended by Conrad of Montferrat, the paternal uncle of Baldwin V, who had coincidentally arrived just in time from Constantinople.
Among the stories Philip invented included Richard was involved in treacherous communication with Saladin, that he had conspired to cause the fall of Gaza, Jaffa and Ashkelon, and that he had participated in the murder of Conrad of Montferrat.
All declared their support for Richard provided that he support Guy against his rival Conrad of Montferrat.
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.
Eventually Conrad of Montferrat concluded the surrender negotiations with Saladin and raised the banners of the kings in the city.
An election forced Richard to accept Conrad of Montferrat as King of Jerusalem, and he sold Cyprus to his defeated protégé, Guy.
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.
" The Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat: Another Suspect?
The city was now commanded by Conrad of Montferrat, who strengthened Tyre's defences and withstood two sieges by Saladin.
* 1192: In April, Conrad of Montferrat is elected King of Jerusalem as Conrad I, then assassinated a few days later ( April 28 ), before the coronation, by two Hashshashin.
* Conrad I of Montferrat, King elect of Jerusalem
* April 28 – Conrad of Montferrat ( Conrad I ), King of Jerusalem, is assassinated in Tyre, only days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election.
* April 28 – Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem ( b. mid-1140s )
Conrad of Montferrat, who has negotiated the surrender, raises the banners of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of the Third Crusade leaders Richard I of England, Philip II of France, and Leopold V of Austria on the city's walls and towers.
* November 24 – Isabella of Jerusalem marries Conrad of Montferrat at Acre, making him de jure king.
# 1192: Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem, is stabbed to death by Assassins before his coronation.
Sir Conrad of Montferrat is one of the well known victims of the hashashin.
Conrad and I
I think he might be '', Conrad said grimly.
He reorganized and reformed the churches around Rome, canonized Conrad of Constance, condemned the teaching of Peter de Bruis, confirmed the Bishop Thurston of York against the wishes of Henry I of England, and affirmed the freedom of York from the see of Canterbury.
Conrad had granted Franconia to his brother Eberhard on his succession, but when Eberhard rebelled against Otto I in 938, he was deposed from his duchy.
Conrad ousted the Welfs from their possessions, but after his death in 1152, his nephew Frederick I " Barbarossa " succeeded and made peace with the Welfs, restoring his cousin Henry the Lion to his — albeit diminished — possessions.
After the death of Conrad II, often referred to as Kurt II who left no male heirs, Frederick III was granted the burgraviate of Nuremberg in 1192 as Burgrave Frederick I of Nuremberg-Zollern.
* 1218 – 1261 / 1262: Conrad I / III ( brother of, also count of Zollern )
On 23 December 918 Conrad I, King of East Francia and Franconian duke, died.
As the eldest surviving son, Henry succeeded his father as Saxon duke in 912 and upon the death of King Conrad I of Germany was elected King of Germany ( East Francia ) in 919.
Probably in exchange for his support, Conrad II give to the King Stephen I the territories between the Leitha and Fischa Rivers, ceding them to Hungary.
When Mieszko II was busy defending Lusatia from the troops of Conrad II, the Kievan expedition started from the east with Yaroslav I the Wise as a leader.
Liutgarde, a daughter of Emperor Otto I had married the Salian Duke Conrad the Red of Lorraine.
Conrad the Red married Liutgarde, a daughter of Emperor Otto I, their son Otto I, Duke of Carinthia ruled Carinthia from 978 to 1004.
In 1218 the burgraviate passed to Frederick's younger son Conrad I, he thereby became the ancestor of the Franconian Hohenzollern branch, which acquired the Electorate of Brandenburg in 1415.
* Conrad I, Count of Auxerre
* December 12 or December 15 – Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia ( b. c. 975 )
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.
Conrad and Jerusalem
* Conrad II of Jerusalem ( 1228 – 1254 )
Second Crusade council: Conrad III of Germany, Eleanor's husband Louis VII of France, and Baldwin III of Jerusalem
Louis ' subsequent assault on Damascus with his remaining army, fortified by King Conrad and Baldwin III of Jerusalem in 1148 achieved comparatively little.
There were rumours of treachery and bribery, and Conrad III felt betrayed by the nobility of Jerusalem.
Conrad proclaimed that he had come of age in 1242, eliminating both Frederick's claim to the regency and the need for an imperial guardian to govern in his place, although he had not yet turned 15, the age of majority according to the customs of Jerusalem.
Hugh was technically regent of Jerusalem as well, both for Conrad and for Conrad's son Conradin after Conrad died in 1254.
* April 25 – Conrad IV of Germany becomes titular King of Jerusalem, with Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor as regent.
After recovering, Conrad sailed to Acre, and from there reached Jerusalem.
He united with Conrad III of Germany and King Baldwin III of Jerusalem to lay siege to Damascus ; this ended in disaster and the project was abandoned.
Frederick's Hohenstaufen descendants continued to rule as kings of Jerusalem until 1268 when Hugh III of Cyprus claimed the title and its territory of Acre for himself upon the death of Conrad III of Jerusalem, thus uniting the two kingdoms.
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