Conrad of Pfullingen, sometimes Cuno of Pfullingen (1035/1040 – 1 June 1066), was the

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. Prior to his elevation to the archbishopric he had been the provost of

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. His uncle, Archbishop

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, in a bid to consolidate the supremacy of his church over Trier, invested Conrad with the archbishopric at court in May 1066, without the consent of the people or clergy of Trier. (Anno was the regent for the young Henry IV at the time.) On 17 May, on his way to Trier, Conrad was arrested by Count Theoderic, advocate of Trier. After a fortnight in prison, he was murdered by four of Theoderic's vassals at

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on 1 June. Nobody was ever punished for the murder, and the people of Trier elected

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as archbishop in Conrad's place. In 1073, Theoderic went on a barefoot pilgrimage to

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to atone for his sin.

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