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Conrad I | |
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| Duke of Carinthia | |
 Conrad I Dux,Chronica sancti Pantaleonis, Cologne, about 1237 | |
| Born | c. 975 |
| Died | 12 or 15 December 1011 |
| Buried | St Peter's Dom, Worms |
| Noble family | Salian dynasty |
| Spouse(s) | Matilda of Swabia |
| Issue | Conrad II, Duke of Carinthia Bruno of Würzburg |
| Father | Otto I, Duke of Carinthia |
| Mother | Judith |
Conrad I (c. 975 – 12 or 15 December 1011), a member of theSalian dynasty, wasDuke of Carinthia from 1004 until his death.
He was the third son of DukeOtto I of Carinthia (d. 1004),[1] who at the time of his birth ruled theWormsgau inRhenish Franconia. Conrad thereby was the younger brother of CountHenry of Speyer (d. about 990), the father of the first Salian emperorConrad II, and brother ofBruno (d. 999), who prepared for an ecclesiastical career and became the first GermanPope as Gregory V in 996. His Salian grandfatherConrad the Red had been a loyal supporter of KingOtto I of Germany and in turn was enfeoffed with the Duchy ofLotharingia (Lorraine) in 944. He built close relations with the rulingOttonian dynasty by marrying the king's daughterLiutgarde in 947. However, in 953 he was deposed upon his involvement in an unsuccessful rebellion by Otto's son DukeLiudolf of Swabia against his uncle DukeHenry I of Bavaria.
Conrad's father Otto of Worms ruled over several FrankishGaue, he was first vested with the Duchy of Carinthia in 978 by EmperorOtto II after the deposition of theLuitpolding dukeHenry the Younger in theWar of the Three Henries. Otto of Worms remained a supporter of the Ottonian dynasty, even though he had to renounce the duchy, when the emperor's widowTheophanu reconciled with Henry the Younger in 985. Not until the death of the Ottonian dukeHenry the Wrangler in 995, he was again vested with Carinthia and also ruled in theMarch of Verona.
Conrad had already outlived his elder brothers, when upon the sudden death of EmperorOtto III in 1002, his father Otto of Worms was candidate in the royal Germanelection but renounced in favour of the Ottonian dukeHenry IV of Bavaria, the son of late Duke Henry the Wrangler. In that year or thereabouts, Conrad marriedMatilda, daughter of Henry's rival, theConradine dukeHerman II of Swabia.[2] Unlike his father, Conrad supported Herman's bid for the German throne.[3] Finally, Henry was elected and crownedKing of the Romans (as Henry II) on 7 June.
Conrad and Matilda had two sons:
Conrad's marriage with Matilda wasconsanguineous[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 toAdalbert of Eppenstein, who was married to Matilda's sister, Beatrice.[6] Conrad was buried inWorms Cathedral. His widow Matilda secondly married DukeFrederick II of Lorraine (d. 1026) and thirdly theAscanian countEsico of Ballenstedt.
Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia Born:c. 975 Died: 12 or 15 December 1011 | ||
| Preceded by | Duke of Carinthia 1004–1011 | Succeeded by |
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