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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 .
In 859 Charles the Bald handed over the county to his cousin Conrad II of Burgundy. When he revolted, the county was assigned to Robert the Strong. After the latter's death, Hugh the Abbot was count, but named a viscount in his lieu; later Auxerre was absorbed in Richard of Burgundy's dominion. Count John IV sold it to the King of France in 1370.
Then in 869 Lothair I's son, Lothair II, died without legitimate children, and in 870 his uncle Charles the Bald and Louis the German by the 870 Treaty of Meerssen partitioned his territory: Upper Burgundy, the territory north of the Jura mountains (Bourgogne Transjurane), went to Louis the German. The rest went to Charles the Bald.
Bishop of Saigir, one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland, considered the first saint to have been born in Ireland: Ciarán of Clonmacnoise: c. 516–c. 549: Saint, one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland and first abbot of Clonmacnoise Conrad I, Count of Auxerre: died c. 864: Father of: Conrad II, Duke of Transjurane Burgundy: died 876: Conrad ...
Conrad's father was Welf. [2] He was one of the early Welfs, a member of the Bavarian branch, and his sister Judith was the second wife of Louis the Pious. In 858, he and his family, abandoned their sovereign Louis the German and went over to Charles the Bald, Judith's son. [1] They were generously rewarded and Conrad was appointed to many ...
Conrad II succeeded his father as Count of Paris, and recovered the Burgundian estates of his grand-uncle Otkarius. He left an only son Rudolph who assumed the royal crown at the abbey of St Maurice en Valais in 888, who confirmed his independence with two victories over Arnulf , and was then acknowledged emperor in a general diet of the empire.
On his death, Provence divided between surviving brothers, Lothair II and the Emperor Louis II. The bulk goes to Louis. Louis II (863–875), also Holy Roman Emperor from 855 On his death, as with his Kingdom of Italy, Louis's Provence goes to his uncle Charles the Bald. Charles the Bald (875–877), also Holy Roman Emperor from 875
876 aged 40-41: Also Count at Linzgau, Alpgau and possibly Argengau. 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 ...