Conrad (1018–1073),
Count of Walbeck and
Viscount (Burggraf) of Magdeburg, son of
Friedrick, Count of Walbeck Friedrick (''Friedrich von Walbeck''; 974–1018), Count of Walbeck and Viscount (Burggraf) of Magdeburg, son of Siegfried I the Older, Count of Walbeck, and Kunigunde von Stade daughter of Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade. He was brother to Thiet ...
, and Thietburga. There is little known about Conrad's reign.
The name of the wife is not known. They had only one recorded daughter:
* Mathilde, married to
Dietrich, Count of Plötzkau, and mother of
Helperich, Margrave of the Nordmark.
Conrad was the last Count of Walbeck with the position transitioning to the
Margraves of the Nordmark
The Northern March or North March (german: Nordmark) was created out of the division of the vast ''Marca Geronis'' in 965. It initially comprised the northern third of the ''Marca'' (roughly corresponding to the modern state of Brandenburg) and ...
. He was succeeded as Viscount of Magdeburg by Hermann von Sponheim, son of
Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim
Siegfried I (c. 1010 – 7 February 1065) is considered the progenitor of the Duchy of Carinthia, Carinthian ducal House of Sponheim (''Spanheimer'') and all of its lateral branches, including the Counts of Laufen, Germany, Lebenau and the Counts ...
.
Sources
* Warner, David A., ''Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg'', Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2001
* Grosse, Walther, ''Die Grafen von Walbeck''. In: Harz-Zeitschrift, 1952
Medieval Lands Project, Grafen von Walbeck
Counts of Germany
1018 births
1073 deaths