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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 .
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.
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 ...
3 October 825 – 864: County of Altdorf: Adelaide of Tours three children 864 aged 63-64: Welf I (b) c. 835 First son of Conrad I and Adelaide of Tours: 864 – 876: County of Altdorf: Unknown at least one child 876 aged 40-41: Also Count at Linzgau, Alpgau and possibly Argengau. Conrad II the Younger: c. 835 Second son of Conrad I and ...
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.
Welf married Hedwig (Heilwig), [1] daughter of the Saxon count Isambart; Hedwig later became abbess of Chelles. The couple had the following children: The couple had the following children: Judith of Bavaria ( c. 797 –843); married Louis the Pious , [ 1 ] who was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne .
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 ...
Conrad I the Elder (died about 864) was the count of several counties, most notably the Aargau and Auxerre, around Lake Constance, as well as Paris from 859 to 862/864. He was also the lay abbot of Saint-Germaine in Auxerre . [ 1 ]