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 duchy, stem duchies of the medieval German kingdom, and its dukes were thus among the most powerful magnates of Germany. The most no ...
from 983 until 997. His appointment as duke marked the return of
Conradine 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
Öhningen. The identities of his parents are not known for certain. There is no documented reason to establish that he is the son of Count
Udo from the
Wetterau, and his mother an unknown daughter of
Herbert I, Count of Vermandois. There is also some debate about the identity of Conrad's wife. She is often said to be Reglint (or Richlind), daughter of
Liudolf, Duke of Swabia
Liudolf ( – 6 September 957), a member of the Ottonian dynasty, was duke of Swabia from 950 until 954. His rebellion in 953/54 led to a major crisis in East Francia.
Rise
Liudolf was the only son of the Saxon duke Otto the Great, son and hei ...
, and thus a granddaughter of Emperor
Otto I. Others argue that his wife was Judith, daughter of Adalbert of Marchtal.
[Hlawitschka, ''Konradiner-Genealogie''. For an overview se]
a review
by Nat Taylor.
When Duke
Otto I unexpectedly died during the
Imperial campaign in
Italy
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of 981-982, he left no heirs. To fill the vacancy, Emperor
Otto II (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
* an unnamed daughter, who married
Vladimir the Great
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* Judith, who married firstly an unnamed husband from
Rheinfelden, and secondly, Adalbert II,
Count of Metz (died 1033)
* Kunizza "Hemma" (died 1020), who married Friedrich I., probably count of
Dießen
References
Sources
*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).
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External links
Konrad von Schwaben(in German)
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10th-century births
997 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Dukes of Swabia
Conradines
10th-century dukes in Europe
Dukes of the Holy Roman Empire