Konrad the Elder (Konradiner)

Konrad the Elder († February 27, 906 near Fritzlar ) from the house of the Konradines was a son of Count Udo in Lahngau (around 830-879) and the father of the future German King Konrad I. Konrad is known as nepos (nephew, grandson, Descendant) of King Arnulf , who was married to Oda, a relative of Conrad.

Life

Konrad was count in Oberlahngau in 886 , count in Wormsgau , from 897 count in Hessengau , 903 count in Gotzfeldgau and 905 count in Wetterau . After Arnulf had overthrown the Franconian margrave Poppo of Thuringia from Babenberg , Konrad was entrusted in 892 as a relative of the queen to succeed Poppo. At the same time, Konrad's brother Rudolf was appointed Bishop of Würzburg , with which the Konradines gained a dominant influence not only in Hesse , but now also in Thuringia and Main Franconia .

When Arnulf died at the end of 899 and shortly afterwards his seven-year-old son Ludwig the child , the son of Odas, was elected king, Konrad and his family gained considerable influence on imperial politics. However, Konrad was unable to assert himself in Thuringia against the Liudolfingers , who were becoming more powerful , and this margraviate was therefore lost again before 903. In return, the family gained further power with the title of a dux regni Lorraine for Konrad's brother Gebhard . From 902 Konrad was in a bloody feud with the Babenbergers , in which he found death near Fritzlar in 906. This very quickly brought about the imprisonment and execution of the last Babenberger, Adalbert . Konrad was buried in the Martinskirche in Weilburg .

The death of Konrad the Elder and the end of the Babenbergs cleared the way for Konrad's son, Konrad the Younger , who then ruled with the title dux (Duke) in Main and Rhine Franconia and was elected King of the East Franconian Empire in 911 .

family

From around 880 Konrad was married to Glismut (* around 866; † April 26, 924), daughter of Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia . He had four children with her:

Konrad the Younger († 918), 910 Duke of Franconia , 911 King of East Franconia
Eberhard († 939), 918 Duke of Franconia
Otto or Udo or Odo († after 918), 904 Graf in the Ruhrgau , 912 Graf on the Middle Lahn
Daughter ∞ Burkhard

Konrad's father was Udo im Lahngau , his brothers were:

Gebhard (888 attested; † (June 22nd, 910 near Augsburg), 897 and 906 count in the upper Rheingau, 909 count in the Wetterau, 903 duke in Lorraine (dux regni)
Rudolf († August 3, 908 in Thuringia), 892–908 Bishop of Würzburg

personal data
SURNAME	Konrad the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Margrave of Thuringia and father of the later German King Konrad I.
DATE OF BIRTH	9th century
DATE OF DEATH	February 27, 906
Place of death	Fritzlar