Konrad II (Carinthia)

Konrad II , called Konrad the Younger , (* probably 1003 ; † July 20, 1039 ) from the Salier family was the older son of Duke Konrad I of Carinthia and his mother Mathilde of Swabia . From 1036 to 1039 he was Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona.

When his father died in 1011, still a minor, he was passed over to his successor, and Adalbero von Eppenstein became Duke of Carinthia . Konrad became count in Nahegau , Speyergau and Wormsgau . In 1024 he and his older cousin Konrad were the two candidates for the succession of Henry II in the election of the king in Kamba . In a speech fictitious by Wipo , Konrad the elder was able to convince his cousin to accept the outcome regardless of the success of his own candidacy. As compensation for his renunciation, Konrad the Younger could have been promised a freed duchy or even a share in the rule. When the new ruler Konrad II celebrated Easter in Augsburg, there was an open conflict with his cousin. Konrad the Younger continued his uprising during King Conrad II's expedition to Italy. Before September 9, 1027, Emperor Conrad II presumably accepted the submission of Conrad the Younger in Worms. As a condition, he had to grind some of his strongest castles. After Adalbero's fall, Konrad the Younger succeeded him in Carinthia in 1036. He died three years later and was buried in Worms Cathedral.

There is no record of Konrad getting married or starting a family. Emperor Konrad II had his parents and his brother commemorated in memorial foundations. But Conrad the Younger, who was stepping down from kingship, was excluded from the memoria of the family.

swell

• Wipo : Deeds of Emperor Konrad II. In: Werner Trillmich , Rudolf Buchner (ed.): Sources of the 9th and 11th centuries on the history of the Hamburg Church and the Empire (FSGA 11), Darmstadt 1961 a. ö., pp. 505-613.

literature

• Alois Gerlich : Konrad II. D. Younger ones . In: Lexikon des Mittelalters , Vol. 5 (1991) Col. 1343.
• Franz von Krones:  Konrad II, Duke of Carinthia . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 583.
• Hans Jürgen Rieckenberg:  Conrad II, Duke of Carinthia. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 505 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Herwig Wolfram : Konrad II. 990-1039 Emperor of three kingdoms . Beck, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-406-46054-2 , pp. 91-94.

Remarks

1. ^ Franz-Reiner Erkens : Konrad II (around 990-1039) rule and empire of the first Salier emperor . Regensburg 1998, p. 40.

predecessor	Office	successor
Adalbero von Eppenstein	Duke of Carinthia Margrave of Verona 1036–1039	Henry III.