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Issue. Otto I, Duke of Carinthia. Father. Werner V. Mother. Hicha of Swabia. Conrad ( c. 922 [1] – 10 August 955), called the Red ( German: Konrad der Rote ), was Duke of Lorraine from 944 until 953. He became the progenitor of the Imperial Salian dynasty .
Conrad (died Aug. 10, 955, near Augsburg, Ger.) was the duke of Lotharingia (Lorraine) from 944 to 953 and ancestor of the Salian dynasty of German kings. Conrad belonged to a family of Franconian counts with rich lands in the country around Speyer and Worms. After helping King (later Emperor) Otto I suppress a rebellion of his vassals (937 ...
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Apr 27, 2022 · Conrad was the great-grandfather of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor. Conrad the Red (German: Konrad der Rote; c. 922 – 10 August 955) was a Duke of Lorraine from the Salian dynasty. He was the son of Werner V, Count of the Nahegau, Speyergau, and Wormsgau. His mother was a sister of Conrad I of Germany.
- Liutgarde da Germania
- circa 922
- "the Wise", "the Red"
- Speyer Pfalz Baveria
Reginar (910–915) Gilbert (915–939) Henry (939–940) Otto (942–944) Conrad (944–953) Bruno, Archbishop of Cologne (953–965) In 959, Lorraine was divided into two districts, Lower and Upper Lorraine, each governed by a margrave, under Bruno. Upon Bruno's death in 965, these two margraves were recognised as dukes of Lower and Upper ...
Conrad (born Feb. 12, 1074—died July 27, 1101, Florence) was the duke of Lower Lorraine (1076–89), the eldest son of the emperor Henry IV, who had him crowned king of the Germans in 1087 in an attempt to confirm the imperial succession in the Salian line. During Henry’s struggles with the papacy, however, Conrad turned against his father ...
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Conrad the Red. Conrad the Red, d. 955, duke of Lotharingia (Lorraine; 944–53). A Franconian adherent of the German king Otto I (later Holy Roman emperor), he was made duke of Lotharingia and married Otto's daughter Liutgard. He accompanied (951) his father-in-law to Italy against Berengar II.
Conrad's brother Gebhard became duke of Lorraine in 903. In 906, Conrad the Elder and his son Conrad the Younger decisively defeated the rival counts of Babenberg in the battle of Fritzlar, thereby attaining supremacy in Franconia. Conrad the Elder died in the battle, but his son became duke of Franconia.
