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Conrad OF LORRAINE (922?-955)
Name: | Conrad OF LORRAINE 1 |
Sex: | Male |
Nickname: | "The Wise" |
Father: | Werner OF WORMSGAU (899?-935?) |
Mother: | - |
Individual Events and Attributes
Birth | 0922 (app) | |
Title | Count of Wormsgau and Franconia | |
Occupation (1) | frm 0944 to 0953 (age 21-31) | Duke of Lorraine |
Group/Caste Membership | Salian Dynasty | |
Occupation (2) | Duke of Wormsgau | |
Death | 10 Aug 0955 (age 32-33) | battle in Lechfeld |
Burial | Worms Cathedral |
Additional Information
Death | Cause: when an arrow pierced his throat and killed him instantly
He was suffering from battle fatigue due to an unusually hot sun. He loosened the straps of his armor to catch his breath allowing the arrow access to his throat |
Marriage
Luitgarda of Saxony, Chronica Sancti Pantaleonis, Cologne, about 1237 | Otto dux, Chronica Sancti Pantaleonis, Cologne, about 1237 | |||
Spouse | Luitgarde (931?-953) | |
Children | Otto OF CARINTHIA ( -1004) | |
Marriage | 0947 (app) (age 24-25) |
Individual Note
Conrad the Red (German: Konrad der Rote) (c. 922 – 10 August 955) was a Duke of Lorraine from the Salian dynasty.
He was the son of Werner V, Count of the Nahegau, Speyergau, and Wormsgau. His mother was a sister of Conrad I of Germany. In 941, he succeeded his father in his counties and obtained an additional territory, the Niddagau. In 944 or 945, he was also invested with Lorraine by King Otto I.
In 947, he married Liutgarde, daughter of Otto and Edith, daughter of Edward the Elder, King of England. He and Liutgard had one son, Otto of Worms, later duke of Swabia and Carinthia.
In 953, Conrad joined his brother-in-law, Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, in rebellion against Otto, who bitterly complained about Conrad's ingratitude. The rebellion was quashed and Conrad was deprived of Lorraine, which was instead granted to Otto's brother, Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne. Eventually Conrad and Otto were reconciled.
In 954 Conrad participated in a successful campaign against the Ukrani of the Uckerland. In 955, Conrad was killed in the Battle of Lechfeld while fighting alongside Otto against the Magyars. According to the chronicler Widukind of Corvey:
Duke Conrad, the foremost of all in combat, suffering from battle fatigue caused by an unusually hot sun, loosened the straps of his armor to catch his breath when an arrow pierced his throat and killed him instantly.
Conrad's body was carried in state to Worms, where he was given a lavish funeral and buried at Worms Cathedral by his son Otto. Conrad was the great-grandfather of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor.
SOURCE:
Weinfurter, Stefan. The Salian Century: Main Currents in an Age of Transition, 19992
Sources
1 | Weis, Frederick Lewis & Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other Historical Individuals". p 52, 45-18; 179, 192-20. |
2 | "Wikipedia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_of_Lorraine. |