Konrad I. (Zähringen)
Konrad I. von Zähringen (* around 1090 ; † January 8, 1152 in Konstanz ) was Duke of Zähringen and from 1127 rector of Burgundy . He awarded in 1120 together with his brother Berthold III. Freiburg im Breisgau the market law.
Konrad was born the son of Berthold II and his wife Agnes von Rheinfelden . He followed his brother Berthold III in 1122. as Duke of Zähringen after. Most of his life he opposed the expansion of power of the Hohenstaufen and for this purpose allied himself with the Guelphs .
In 1127 he came into conflict with Rainald of Burgundy because they both laid claim to the Burgundian possessions of Konrad's murdered nephew Wilhelm of Burgundy . Here the Zähringer benefited from the situation in which the German king found himself. Because King Lothar III. He stood up for Konrad's claims urgently against his rivals, whom Staufer needed. He rejected the other side on the controversial reason that Rainald had not fulfilled his obligation to be present at court. At the same time he gave Konrad the title of Rector of Burgundy , which roughly corresponded to a royal deputy.
With the seizure of power by King Konrad III. In 1138, the relationship with the Hohenstaufen relaxed again, so that the Zähringer were among their most loyal party members until the late 1150s. Konrad died in 1152 and was buried in the Zähringen house monastery of St. Peter .
Marriage and offspring
Konrad was married to Clementia von Luxemburg-Namur ( House Namur )
- Adalbert , founder of the line of the Dukes of Teck
- Berthold IV. , Duke of Zähringen
- Clementia , wife of Henry the Lion
- Rudolf , Archbishop of Liege .
- Hugo von Ullenburg
literature
- Eberhard wood, Wolfgang Huschner (ed.): German princes of the Middle Ages . Edition Leipzig, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-361-00437-3
- Gerd Tellenbach: Konrad, Duke of Zähringen. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 533 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Georg von Wyß: Konrad, Duke of Zähringen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, pp. 634-638.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Zotz: Rudolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 176 f. (Digitized version).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Berthold III. |
Duke of Zähringen 1122–1152 |
Berthold IV. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Konrad I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Duke Konrad I of Zähringen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Zähringen, Duke of Burgundy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1090 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1152 |
| Place of death | Constancy |