Conrad II of Raabs ( – ) was from about 1160 until his death Burgrave of the medieval

Burgraviate of Nuremberg The Burgraviate of Nuremberg (german: Burggrafschaft Nürnberg) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the early 12th to the late 15th centuries. As a burgraviate, it was a county seated in the town of Nuremberg; almost two centuries pass ...

Life

Conrad was a count of Raabs, a family of

edelfrei The term ''edelfrei'' or ''hochfrei'' ("free noble" or "free knight") was originally used to designate and distinguish those Germanic noblemen from the Second Estate (see Estates of the realm social hierarchy), who were legally entitled to atonem ...

nobility, named after their first castle,

Burg Raabs an der Thaya Burg Raabs an der Thaya is a castle in municipality Raabs an der Thaya, Lower Austria, Austria, built in the second half of the 11th century, it is above sea level. History The medieval history of this area begins with the old Moravian fortific ...

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. Conrad II was a son of

Conrad I of Raabs Conrad I of Raabs (died 1143) was Burgrave of Burgraviate of Nuremberg, Nuremberg from to jointly with his older brother Gottfried II of Raabs, Gottfried II. After Gottfried II died, Conrad ruled alone until his own death. Life Conrad I was ...

, who had been enfeoffed around 1105 with the

, together with his older brother Gottfried II. Gottfried II's son

Gottfried III of Raabs Gottfried III of Raabs (died ) was Burgrave of the medieval Burgraviate of Nuremberg from around 1146 until his death. Life Gottfried III was a member of the von Raabs family, an ''edelfrei'' family named after their first castle, Burg Raabs a ...

was expressly referred to with the title ''burggravius de Norinberg'' in 1154. Around 1160, Conrad II succeeded Gottfried III as Burgrave. Conrad II did not have a male heir, and when he died around 1191, the male line of the Counts of Raabs died out. The Burgraviate of Nuremberg was inherited by is son-in-law, Frederick I of Zollern, who had married Conrad II's daughter,

Sophia of Raabs Sophia means "wisdom" in Greek. It may refer to: *Sophia (wisdom) *Sophia (Gnosticism) * Sophia (given name) Places * Niulakita or Sophia, an island of Tuvalu * Sophia, Georgetown, a ward of Georgetown, Guyana * Sophia, North Carolina, an uninco ...

. Emperor Henry VI probably enfeoffed Frederick I as Burgrave of Nuremberg.

References

* Sigmund Benker and Andraes Kraus (eds.): ''Geschichte Frankens bis zum Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts'', Founded by Max Spindler, 3rd ed., Beck, Munich, 1997, * Norbert Angermann, ''et al.'' (editors and consultants): ''Lexikon des Mittelalters'', vol. 6, Artemis & Winkler Verlag, Munich 1993, Burgraves of Nuremberg House of Raabs 12th-century births 1190s deaths 12th-century German nobility Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain {{Germany-noble-stub