Conrad Cono(n) () (died 997) was the

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from 970 to his death and Duke of Spoleto and Camerino (996–997). He was the third son of

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and Willa of Tuscany. His elder brothers were Adalbert and Guy, both of whom ruled the march before him. His father made him, possibly, the first Count of

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.Lightly probable: already adult in 957, count of Milan, the pretended son Corrado de Ventimiglia live in 980–1040:

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,''Jahrbücher des Deutschen Reiches unter Otto II. und Otto III'', Berlin: Verlag Duncker & Humblot, 1967, 2., pp. 76, 216. According to the ''Gesta Mediolanensium'', Conrad made peace with the Germans under

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when his father and brothers did not. For this he was created count of Milan in 957. On 12 September 962, Otto granted land in the counties of Modena and

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that had formerly belonged to him and his brother Guy to the

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. Otto installed him as margrave of Ivrea in 970, following his abandonment of his brother Adalbert. Sometime before 987, Conrad married Richilda, daughter of

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, thus confirming an alliance with the neighbouring margrave of Turin. Sometime around 990, he passed Ivrea along to his relative

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997 deaths Anscarids Margraves of Ivrea Year of birth unknown 10th-century dukes of Spoleto Sons of kings {{Europe-royal-stub