Conrad IV, Conrad of Hohenstaufen (April 25, 1228 Andria, Italy – May 21, 1254, Lavello), was king of Jerusalem (as Conrad II) 1228–1254, of Germany 1237–1254, and of Sicily (as Conrad I) 1250–1254. He was a son of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and Queen regnant Yolande of Jerusalem. April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... Events The Sixth Crusade is launched by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, after delays due to sickness and an excommunication from Pope Gregory IX. Conrad IV of Germany becomes titular King of Jerusalem, with Frederick II as regent. ... Andrea is a personal name common in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... Ruoti is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. ... Official language Latin, French, Italian, and other western languages; Greek and Arabic also widely spoken Capital Jerusalem, later Acre Constitution Various laws, so-called Assizes of Jerusalem The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Christian kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 by the First Crusade. ... Events The Sixth Crusade is launched by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, after delays due to sickness and an excommunication from Pope Gregory IX. Conrad IV of Germany becomes titular King of Jerusalem, with Frederick II as regent. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... // Events Thomas II of Savoy becomes count of Flanders. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. ... Events December 13 - Death of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Louis IX of France is captured by Muslims and has to ransom himself Mabinogion appears Albertus Magnus isolates the element arsenic Vincent of Beauvais writes proto-encyclopedic The Greater Mirror City of Stockholm founded Alphonso III of Portugal takes Algarve... Frederick II (December 26, 1194 – December 13, 1250), Holy Roman Emperor of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212, unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 until his death in 1250. ... A queen regnant is a female monarch who possesses all the monarchal powers that a king would have without regard to gender. ... Yolande of Brienne (1212 - 1228), also known as Yolanda or Isabella II, inherited the Kingdom of Jerusalem as an infant in 1212. ...

Frederick II deposed his eldest son, Conrad's older brother Henry, and in his stead in 1237 had Conrad elected King of the Romans, meaning King of Germany and presumed future Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, with Archbishop Siegfried II of Mainz acting as German regent until 1242, when Frederick chose Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Wenceslaus I of Bohemia, to assume this function. However, when Pope Innocent IV imposed a papal ban on Frederick in 1245, Henry Raspe supported the pope who in turn arranged to have Raspe elected as counter-king of Germany on 22 May 1246. Raspe defeated Conrad in the battle of Nidda in August 1246, but died several months later. Henry (VII) (1211 – February 10, 1242), was King of the Romans, King of Sicily, and Duke of Swabia. ... // Events Thomas II of Savoy becomes count of Flanders. ... The title King of the Romans (Latin: Rex Romanorum) — not to be confused with the early, partially mythical Kings of Rome — was carried by Holy Roman Emperors after they had been confirmed as Emperor, but before they had undergone the ceremony of coronation by the Pope. ... This page is about the Germanic empire. ... Mainz (French: Mayence) is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... // High public office A regent, from the Latin regens who reigns is anyone who acts as head of state, especially if not the monarch (who has higher titles). ... // Events April 5 - During a battle on the ice of Chudskoye Lake, Russian forces rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. ... Heinrich Raspe (1204 - February 16, 1247) became Landgraf, or count, of Thuringia (now part of modern-day Germany) in 1227; he later became king in 1246-1247 in opposition to Conrad IV. First in Thuringia, Heinrich ruled for his under-age nephew Hermann II, whom he had expelled from the... The Free State of Thuringia (German: Freistaat Thüringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the countrys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), being eleventh in size with an area of 16,200 km² and twelfth most populous with 2. ... Wenceslaus I Premyslid (Czech Václav) (c. ... Bohemia. ... Innocent IV, born Sinibaldo de Fieschi (Genoa, ca. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Saga, emperor of Japan. ... Coat of arms of the city of Nidda Nidda is a city in the district Wetterau, Hessen, Germany at the Nidda river, 18 400 residents. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Saga, emperor of Japan. ...

Also in 1246, Conrad married Elisabeth of Bavaria, a daughter of Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria. They had a son, Conradin, in 1252. Duke Otto II of Bavaria was born 7 April 1206 in Kehlheim and died 29 November 1253 in Landshut. ... Portrait of Conradin from the Codex Manesse (Folio 7r). ...

When Frederick II died in 1250, he passed Sicily and Germany to Conrad, but the struggle with the pope continued. Conrad invaded Italy in 1251, but not with enough success to subdue the pope's supporters, and the pope in turn offered Sicily to Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (1253). Events First Shepherds Crusade Births Deaths Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile - Ferdinand III, the Saint King of Castile and Leon (reigned from 1217 to 1252) Categories: 1251 ... Edmund Crouchback (January 16, 1245 - June 5, 1296) was the second surviving son of Eleanor of Provence and King Henry III of England. ... Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272) is one of the least-known British monarchs, considering the great length of his reign. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ...

Conrad was excommunicated in 1254, but died of a fever in the same year, and it was left to his infant son Conradin, born in 1252 and beheaded at age 16 in 1268, to continue the struggle with the Papacy. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... Portrait of Conradin from the Codex Manesse (Folio 7r). ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. ...