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He lived in Southern Italy until 1235, when he first visited the Kingdom of Germany. During this period his kingdom of Jerusalem, ruled by his father as regent through proxies, was racked by civil war until Conrad declared his majority and his father's regency lost its validity.
- May 1237 – 21 May 1254
- Isabella II of Jerusalem
Feb 23, 2024 · Conrad IV (born April 25, 1228, Andria, Italy—died May 21, 1254, Lavello) was the German king from 1237 and king of Sicily from 1251. The son of Emperor Frederick II and his second wife, Isabella (Yolande) de Brienne, Conrad was heir to the Kingdom of Jerusalem through his mother; he was also invested by his father as duke of Swabia in 1235 ...
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The Great Interregnum, a period in which there were several elected rival kings, none of whom was able to achieve any position of authority, followed the death of Frederick's son King Conrad IV of Germany in 1254. The German princes vied for individual advantage and managed to strip many powers away from the diminished monarchy.
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May 18, 2018 · Conrad IV (1228–54) German king (1237–54) and King of Sicily and Jerusalem (1250–54). Son of Frederick II , he was elected German king (Emperor-elect, 1237). When Pope Innocent IV deposed Frederick in 1245 and named an anti-king to replace Conrad in 1246, Germany plunged into war.
Contents. Germany from 1250 to 1493. 1250 to 1378. The extinction of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. The death of Frederick II in 1250 and of his son Conrad IV in 1254 heralded the irreversible decline of Hohenstaufen power in Germany and in the conjoint kingdoms of Naples and Sicily.
Frederick and Conrad, the two current male Staufens, were grandsons of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and nephews of Henry V. After the death of the intervening king and emperor Lothair II, in 1137, Conrad, the first Honenstaufen ruler, became Conrad III of Germany.
Appointed Duke of Swabia in 1235, his father had him elected King of Germany ( King of the Romans) and crowned King of Italy (as Conrad IV) in 1237. After the emperor was deposed and died in 1250, he ruled as King of Sicily ( Conrad I) until his death. Quick Facts Reign, Predecessor ...
