Konrad I (Merania)
Konrad I of Meranien (also Konrad II of Dachau) († February 8, 1159 ) was a son of Konrad I of Scheyern-Dachau (Dachau). His mother was Willibirg von Krain-Orlamünde. He was Duke of Meranien and Count of Dachau.
Life
After Konrad initially wavered between the Guelphs and Staufers in the war of the throne , he became a loyal supporter of the Staufers, and when the Guelphs had lost all fiefs and bailiffs on the Lechrain after the overthrow of Heinrich the proud in 1139, both the counts moved there von Dießen and Andechs as well as the Scheyern-Wittelsbacher and their "Dachau" line benefited most from the decline of the Guelphs. Count Konrad von Dachau u. a. as Vogt of rechtslechischen kingdom monastery St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg and from St. Andrae documented in Freising. The zone of influence and thus the zone of power of the Wittelsbachers from Dachau had thus reached the Lech .
Konrad moved against Bohemia in 1142 and became Duke of Merania in 1152 as a replacement for the Istrian Carniola, which was actually required. Simultaneously with the elevation of Conrad to Duke of Merania he was named as Dux for Dalmatia and Croatia.
He was thus the first of the Wittelsbach ancestry to receive a ducal office.
As the first Duke of Merania, Konrad was a potent territorial prince through possession, bailiff rights and fiefdoms between Lech and Isar, whose new ducat was endowed with real power and possessions, especially when one takes into account that his cousin Otto von Scheyern was already Count Palatine of the King for the Duchy of Bavaria. Thus the House of Wittelsbach was now completely withdrawn from the (pre-) rule of the Bavarian Duke Henry the Lion of Welf.
In 1159 Konrad fell in a battle near Bergamo during one of the Italian campaigns of Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa .
family
Konrad was married twice
- after 1139 with Adelheid von Limburg († before February 6, 1146).
- Udilhild (or Mathilde) von Falkenstein, daughter of Count Rudolf von Falkenstein
Two children were born from the marriages (unfortunately it is not possible to assign them to the mothers):
- Hedwig von Dachau († 1174/76)
- Conrad III. von Dachau († October 8, 1180/82)
Individual evidence
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Konrad I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Conrad I of Merania; Konrad II of Scheyern-Dachau; Konrad II of Dachau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Scheyern-Dachau |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Dachau |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1159 |
| Place of death | uncertain: Dachau |