Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia
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Conrad I (c. 975 – 12 or 15 December 1011), a member of the Salian dynasty, was Duke of Carinthia from 1004 until his death.
Biography
He was the third son of Duke
Conrad's father Otto of Worms ruled over several Frankish
Conrad had already outlived his elder brothers, when upon the sudden death of Emperor Otto III in 1002, his father Otto of Worms was candidate in the royal German election but renounced in favour of the Ottonian duke Henry IV of Bavaria, the son of late Duke Henry the Wrangler. In that year or thereabouts, Conrad married Matilda, daughter of Henry's rival, the Conradine duke Herman II of Swabia.[2] Unlike his father, Conrad supported Herman's bid for the German throne.[3] Finally, Henry was elected and crowned King of the Romans (as Henry II) on 7 June.
Conrad and Matilda had two sons:
- Conrad the Younger, Duke of Carinthia from 1036[2]
- Bruno, Bishop of Würzburgfrom 1034.
Conrad's marriage with Matilda was consanguineous[4] and was condemned by Henry II (her father's rival) at the synod of Thionville (January 1003).[5] Nevertheless, the couple remained together until Conrad's death in 1011.
When Otto of Worms died in 1004, his only surviving son Conrad could succeed him as Carinthian duke and Margrave of Verona. Upon Conrad's early death, his minor son with Matilda, Conrad the Younger, was passed over in the succession for the Duchy of Carinthia. Instead King Henry II of Germany passed the duchy to Adalbert of Eppenstein, who was married to Matilda's sister, Beatrice.[6] Conrad was buried in Worms Cathedral. His widow Matilda secondly married Duke Frederick II of Lorraine (d. 1026) and thirdly the Ascanian count Esico of Ballenstedt.
References
- ^ Stefan Weinfurter, The Salian Century: Main Currents in an Age of Transition, transl. Barbara M. Bowlus, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999), 10.
- ^ a b Stefan Weinfurter, The Salian Century: Main Currents in an Age of Transition, 46.
- ^ Boshoff, Die Salier, pp. 23f.
- ^ There is some debate about how closely Matilda and Conrad were related to one another. For contrasting views, see Wolfram, Konrad II, pp. 42, 54; and Wolf, 'Königskandidatur,' pp. 83-86
- ^ Corbet, Autour de Burchard de Worms, pp. 120ff.
- ^ Boshoff, Die Salier, pp. 25f.