Conrad III (died 1061), a member of the Ezzonid dynasty, was

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and Margrave of Verona from 1056 until his death.

Life

He was son of Hezzelin I, count in the

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gau, and brother of Count palatine

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. His mother possibly was a daughter of the late

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duke Conrad I of Carinthia. In 1055 he had joined the rebellion of his Ezzonid cousin Duke Conrad I of Bavaria and Duke Welf of Carinthia against Emperor Henry III. Nevertheless, upon Henry's death in 1056, he was pardoned by his widow

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and enfeoffed with the Carinthian duchy. Conrad, however, did not succeed in imposing his authority on the powerful native aristocracy. He died five years later, having possibly never entered Carinthia. He was succeeded by the Zähringen duke Berthold II.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Conrad 03, Duke of Carinthia Dukes of Carinthia 11th-century births 1061 deaths Ezzonids Year of birth unknown