Conrad I Pacific ( French Conrad le Pacifique , Italian: Corrado il Pacifico , 922/925 - October 19, 993 ) - King of Burgundy (937–993), representative of the Welfare dynasty.
| Conrad I Quiet | |||||||
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| fr. Conrad le pacifique ital. Corrado il pacifico | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Rudolph II | ||||||
| Successor | Rudolph III | ||||||
| Birth | 922/925 | ||||||
| Death | October 19, 993 | ||||||
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| Kind | Welsh | ||||||
| Father | Rudolph II | ||||||
| Mother | Bertha Swabian | ||||||
| Spouse | 1st: Adelaide 2nd: Matilda | ||||||
| Children | From 1st marriage: daughter: Gisela From 2nd marriage: son: Rudolph III daughters: Bert, Herberg , Matilda | ||||||
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Biography
Date of birth is 922/925. Probably born later, not earlier than 930 (based on the dates of the first marriage and death).
Board
Conrad I, the son of King Rudolph II and Bertha of Swabia , became king of Burgundy in 937 after the death of his father. His rule was peaceful, except for a short period of time when Arabs and Hungarians invaded Burgundy at the same time. Conrad skillfully played on their contradictions and pitted. Then he defeated them in battle.
When Otto I the Great conquered Italy and married the sister of Conrad Adelheide (951), he was able to secure Provence, captured even by Rudolph II .
Family
Wives and children
1st wife: Adelaide (c. 935/940 - c. 963/964). Children:
- (from the 1st marriage) Conrad (Kuno) (d. after August 10, 966)
- Gisela (c. 955/960 - July 21, 1007); husband: before 972, Henry II the Shrew (951 - August 28, 995), Duke of Bavaria in 955–976 and 985–995
2nd wife: Matilda (943 - January 27, 992), daughter of the king of the West Frankish kingdom Louis IV of Zamorsky and Herberg of Saxony .
- Berta (c. 964/965 - January 16 after 1010); 1st husband: from approx. 978/980 - Ed I (d. 995), Count of Blois ; 2nd husband: from 996/997 (divorce: September 1001) - Robert II the Pious (972 - July 30, 1031), king of France
- Herberg (c. 965 - July 7, 1018); 1st husband: Herman I (d. C. 985/986), Count von Verl ; 1st husband: from approx. 986 - Herman II (d. 2/3 May 1003), Duke of Swabia since 997
- Rudolph III (c. 971 - September 5/6, 1032), king of Burgundy since 993
- Matilda (c. 975 -?); husband: Count of Geneva Robert or Count of von Dashburg Hugo IX von Aegisheim (d. 1046/1049),
Conrad also had at least one illegal son from an unknown concubine:
- Burchard II (c. 965/970 - June 22, 1030/1031), probst of the monastery of St. Moritz in Agon, archbishop of Lyon (979-1030 / 1031)
Ancestors
Links
- Burgundy kingdom . Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Date of treatment March 14, 2010. Archived on April 20, 2012.