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Encyclopedia > Conrad of Franconia

Conrad I (or Konrad), duke of Franconia, was king of the East Franconian Kingdom from 911 to 918, the first and only king of the Conradine (Franconian) dynasty. The Franconian Rake is originally is a heraldic symbol of the bishops of Würzburg, who - though nominally Dukes of Franconia - only ruled in parts of Franconia. ... The following list of German monarchs is one of several Wikipedia lists of incumbents. ... the towers fell hahaha i hate black people and jews ... Events Taebong has been overthrown and Goryeo established in Korean peninsula. ...


Conrad was born about 890, son of Conrad, Duke of the Franks and Glismut, daughter of Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia. The Conradines, counts in the Lahn region, and the Babenbergs, counts in the Main area, competed vigorously for predominance in Franconia. In 906, they battled each other near Fritzlar. Conrad the Elder was killed, as were two of the three Babenberg brothers; the third was executed shortly thereafter, despite a promise of safe conduct by archbishop Hatto I. of Mainz, the Kingdom's chancellor. Conrad the Younger became Duke of Franconia after this. Events The sovereignty of prince Svatopluk I in Bohemia is confirmed. ... Arnulf of Carinthia (German Arnulf von Kärnten, Slovenian Arnulf Koroški) (850 – December 8, 899) was one of the last ruling members of the Carolingian house in the Eastern part of the Frankish Kingdom, which had been split in the Treaty of Verdun in 843. ... The Conradines were a short-lived dynasty of Franconian dukes, named after Konrad the Elder and his son Conrad I (or Konrad), Duke of Franconia, King of Germany. ... The river Lahn in Limburg The Lahn is a river in Germany. ... Originally from Bamberg in Franconia, now northern Bavaria, the Babenbergs or Babenberger ruled Austria as counts of the march and dukes from 976 - 1248, before the rise of the house of Habsburg. ... Events Births Deaths Categories: 906 ... Fritzlar is a small German town (pop. ... Mainz (French: Mayence) is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ...


Conrad married the Swabian Countess Kunigunde Alaholfing, mother of Duke Arnulf of Bavaria, in 913, and had two children with her (Kunigunde of Germany and Hermann Duke of Franconia, both born in 913). Arnulf is the name of several people in medieval European history: Arnulf of Metz (582 - 640) Arnulf of Carinthia (850 - 899) Arnulf I of Bavaria (ruled 907-927) Arnulf I of Flanders (ruled 918-965) Arnulf, Archbishop of Reims, died on March 5th, 1021. ... Events The Shiite Fatimid state in modern day Tunisia launches a failed military campaign against Egypt Births Deaths Eadwulf, Anglo-Saxon Earl of Bernicia who ruled the land north of the Tees Alexander III of Byzantium Categories: 913 ...


Conrad was elected King of the East Frankish Kingdom on November 10, 911, at Forchheim after the death of his uncle, the last East Frankish Carolingian, Louis the Child. Forchheims location in Germany Forchheim is a large district city in Franconia in northern Bavaria, and also the seat of the administrative region of Upper Franconia (Oberfranken in German). ... The Carolingians (also known as the Carlovingians) were a dynasty of rulers that eventually controlled the Frankish realm and its successors from the 8th to the 10th century, officially taking over the kingdoms from the Merovingian dynasty in 751. ... This title could also refer to Louis of Sicily. ...


His reign was a continuous and generally unsuccessful struggle to uphold the power of the kingship against the growing power of the dukes of Saxony, Bavaria and Swabia. His military campaigns were failures, and his attempt to mobilize the bishops to his cause at the synod of Hohenaltheim (916) was not enough to compensate. Conrad died on December 23, 918. With an area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Swabia (German: Schwaben) is both a historic and linguistic region in Germany. ... Events City of Mahdia founded in Tunisia Mercian warrior queen Aethelflaed conquers Wales Births Deaths St. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... Events Taebong has been overthrown and Goryeo established in Korean peninsula. ...


On his deathbed, he persuaded his brother, Margrave Eberhard of Franconia, to offer the crown to Henry the Fowler, duke of Saxony and one of his principal opponents, since he considered Henry to be the only prince capable of holding the Kingdom together in the face of internal rivalries among the dukes and the continuous raids of the Hungarians. Eberhard and the other Frankish nobles accepted Conrad's advice, and Henry was elected king, as Henry I, at the Reichstag of 919 in Fritzlar. Eberhard (* about 885; † 939), a member of the Conradine dynasty, became duke of Franconia as Eberhard III following the death of his older brother, King Conrad I (or Konrad) in December 918. ... Henry I, the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Vogler) (876 - July 2, 936), was Duke of Saxony from 912 and king of the Germans from 919 until his death in 936. ... The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (German: Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation ▶(?), Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium Nationis Germanicae, see names and designations of the empire) was a political conglomeration of lands in Central Europe in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. ... Events King Edward I of England conquers Bedford. ... Fritzlar is a small German town (pop. ...


Eberhard succeeded Conrad as duke of Franconia. He was killed in 939 at the Battle of Andernach during his rebellion against Emperor Otto I, and the duchy of Franconia became a direct Imperial possession from 939 to 1024. Andernach is a town in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany on the left bank of the Rhine river, just north of Koblenz. ...

Preceded by:
Louis the Child
King of Germany
911919
Succeeded by:
Henry I

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Franconia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (630 words)
Franconia, east of the Rhine (with the cities of Mainz, Speyer and Worms on the west bank), was part of the Eastern Frankish kingdom, Austrasia.
Rhenish Franconia (Rheinfranken), which gave the empire the Franconian or Salian dynasty of Emperors (1024–1125; Conrad II, Henry III, Henry IV and Henry V), was virtually an empty title held by the Ottonian emperors until 1024, when Conrad, the Salian count of Speyer and of Worms, became emperor.
In 1115 Emperor Henry V awarded the territory of Eastern Franconia (Ostfranken) to his nephew Conrad of Hohenstaufen, who used the title "Duke of Franconia"; as the Hohenstaufen were increasingly preoccupied in Sicily, however, it came increasingly under the control of the bishops of Würzburg, whose rights were formalized in 1168.
Conrad of Franconia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (333 words)
Conrad the Elder was killed, as were two of the three Babenberg brothers; the third was executed shortly thereafter, despite a promise of safe conduct by archbishop Hatto I. of Mainz, the Kingdom's chancellor.
Conrad married the Swabian Countess Kunigunde Alaholfing, mother of Duke Arnulf of Bavaria, in 913, and had two children with her (Kunigunde of Germany and Hermann Duke of Franconia, both born in 913).
Conrad was elected King of the East Frankish Kingdom on November 10, 911, at Forchheim after the death of his uncle, the last East Frankish Carolingian, Louis the Child.
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