Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Conrad II the Younger was the Count of Auxerre from 864 until his death in 876. He was a son of Conrad I of Auxerre [ 1 ] and Adelaide of Tours ; an older brother of Hugh the Abbot ; and a member of the Bavarian branch of the Welfs .
Conrad II (German: Konrad II, c. 989/990 – 4 June 1039), also known as Conrad the Elder and Conrad the Salic, was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 until his death in 1039. The first of a succession of four Salian emperors, who reigned for one century until 1125, Conrad ruled the kingdoms of Germany (from 1024), Italy (from 1026 ...
A member of the Elder House of Welf, Conrad was the son of King Rudolph II, the first ruler over the united kingdom of Upper and Lower Burgundy since 933, and his consort Bertha, a daughter of Duke Burchard II of Swabia. [1] Some sources call him Conrad III, since he was the third Conrad in his family: his great-grandfather was Duke Conrad II ...
His son, Rudolph II succeeded to this new-formed state, which included the French or western part of Switzerland, Franche-Comté, Savoy, Dauphiné, Provence, and the country between the Rhine and the Alps, and was known as the kingdom of Burgundy. He twice attempted the conquest of Italy, and for a period of three years governed that kingdom.
Conrad II the Younger: c. 835 Second son of Conrad I and Adelaide of Tours: 864 – 876: County of Auxerre: Waldrada of Worms one child 876 aged 40-41: Eticho: c. 850 Son of Welf I (b) 876 – 911: County of Altdorf: Egila three children c. 911: Rudolf I: 859 Son of Conrad II and Waldrada of Worms: 876 – 25 October 911: County of Auxerre ...
Wipo of Burgundy (also Wippo or Wigbert; c.995– c.1050) was a priest, poet and chronicler. [1] He was a chaplain to the Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II and may have acted as a tutor to his son Henry III, to whom he dedicated a number of works. His biography of Conrad II, entitled Gesta Chuonradi II imperatoris, is a key
The abbey had a noted school. From 876 to 883 Remigius of Auxerre was master of the school. Later, Thomas Becket studied there after completing his law courses in Bologna. [7] Monk and chronicler, Rodulfus Glaber, spent time at St Germain, where, he said, foreign monks were always accepted with respect.
The Kingdom of Upper Burgundy was a Frankish dominion established in 888 by the Welf king Rudolph I of Burgundy within the territory of former Middle Francia.It grew out of the Carolingian margraviate of Transjurane Burgundy (Transjurania, French: Bourgogne transjurane) southeast of (Latin: trans in the sense of 'beyond') the Jura Mountains together with the adjacent County of Burgundy ...