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While Conrad took over the military protection of the town as a Burgrave, the citizens were able to attain an increasing autonomy in their internal affairs. Conrad also supported the emperor when he was banished.
Apr 9, 2020 · The medieval city of Nuremberg, once the seat of power for German kings, became the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II in the month of April 1945. As American forces closed in to seize the former bastion of Adolf Hitler’s political power, fanatical Nazis mobilized for a battle of total annihilation and executed German ...
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Conrad I (German: Konrad; c. 881 – 23 December 918), called the Younger, was the king of East Francia from 911 to 918. He was the first king not of the Carolingian dynasty , the first to be elected by the nobility and the first to be anointed . [1]
The senior Franconian branch of the House of Hohenzollern was founded by Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1186–1261). The family supported the Hohenstaufen and Habsburg rulers of the Holy Roman Empire during the 12th to 15th centuries, being rewarded with several territorial grants. Beginning in the 16th century, this branch of the family ...
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Apr 16, 2023 · Capturing the Cradle of Nazism: The Battle of Nuremberg, April 1945. April 16, 2023. A devastated nuremberg, looking towards the old city center across the Pegnitz at the end of the war. Photo: wikipedia. By mid-April 1945, the end of the war in Europe was in sight. However, that did not stop ardent Nazis from holding out until the very end.
Other articles where Conrad I is discussed: Hohenzollern dynasty: Between his two sons, Conrad and Frederick, the first dynastic division of lasting consequence took place: that between the line later known as Franconian (burgraves of Nürnberg, later electors of Brandenburg, kings in Prussia, kings of Prussia, German emperors) and the Swabian line (counts of Zollern, of Hohenzollern, of…
Feb 23, 2024 · Conrad I (died Dec. 23, 918) was a German king from 911 to 918 and a member of the powerful Franconian dynasty known as the Conradines. Duke of Franconia, Conrad was elected German king on Nov. 10, 911, at Forchheim, after the death of Louis the Child, the last of the East Frankish Carolingians.