Conrad I (also Konrad) (born 915/920 - died 20 August 997) was

Duke of Swabia The Dukes of Swabia were the rulers of the Duchy of Swabia during the Middle Ages. Swabia was one of the five stem duchies of the medieval German kingdom, and its dukes were thus among the most powerful magnates of Germany. The most notable famil ...

from 983 until 997. His appointment as duke marked the return of

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rule over Swabia for the first time since 948.

Life

There is considerable confusion about Conrad and his family. He is often identified with Cuno of

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. The identities of his parents are not known for certain. His father is sometimes said to be Count Udo from the

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, and his mother an unknown daughter of

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. There is also some debate about the identity of Conrad's wife. She is often said to be Reglint (or Richlind), daughter of

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, and thus a granddaughter of Emperor

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. Others argue that his wife was Judith, daughter of Adalbert of Marchtal.Hlawitschka, ''Konradiner-Genealogie''. For an overview se
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unexpectedly died during the

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campaign in

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of 981-982, he left no heirs. To fill the vacancy, Emperor

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(who may have been Conrad's brother-in-law) appointed Conrad as Duke of Swabia. Conrad is notable for being the first Swabian duke to keep the title in the family; after his death in 997 he was succeeded by his son Hermann II.

Children

With his wife, Conrad had at least six children, including: * Liutold * Conrad * Hermann II * Ita, who married

Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf Rudolf II (also Rudolph) (died c.990) was a count of Altdorf and a member of the Swabian group of the Elder House of Welf. He was the son of Rudolf I, count of Altdorf, son of Henry, son of Eticho count of Ammergau, son of Welf I. He was married t ...

* an unnamed daughter, who married

Vladimir the Great Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych ( orv, Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь, ''Volodiměrъ Svętoslavičь'';, ''Uladzimir'', russian: Владимир, ''Vladimir'', uk, Володимир, ''Volodymyr''. Se ...

* Judith, who married firstly an unnamed husband from Rheinfelden, and secondly, Adalbert II,

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(died 1033) * Kunizza "Hemma" (died 1020), who married Friedrich I., probably count of Dießen

Notes

References

*E. Hlawitschka, ''Konradiner-Genealogie, unstatthafte Verwandtenehen und spätottonisch-frühsalische Thronbesetzungspraxis. Ein Rückblick auf 25 Jahre Forschungsdisput.'' (Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Studien und Texte 32) (Hannover, 2003). *A. Wolf, 'Wer war Kuno von Öhningen? Überlegungen zum Herzogtum Konrads von Schwaben († 997) und zur Königswahl vom Jahre 1002,' in ''Deutsches Archiv'' 36 (1980), 25-85. *E. Brandenburg, ''Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen'' (1935) *D. Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band III, Teilband 1 (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 49 *D. C. Jackman: ''The Konradiner. A Study in Genealogical Methodology'' (Frankfurt am Main, 1990). *J. Fried, 'Prolepsis oder Tod. Methodische und andere Bemerkungen zur Konradiner-Genealogie im 10. und frühen 11. Jahrhundert', in J. Dahlbauer et al., ed., ''Papstgeschichte und Landesgeschichte. Festschrift für Hermann Jakobs zum 65. Geburtstag'' (Cologne, 1995).

External links

Konrad von Schwaben
(in German)

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