Conrad III, Duke of Carinthia

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Conrad III
Duke of Carinthia
Reign1056–1061
Died1061
Noble familyEzzonids
Spouse(s)Judith of Bohemia
FatherHezzelin of Zülpich

Conrad III (died 1061), a member of the Ezzonid dynasty, was Duke of Carinthia[1] and Margrave of Verona from 1056 until his death.

Life[edit]

He was son of Hezzelin I, count in the Zülpichgau,[2] and brother of Count palatine Henry I of Lotharingia. His mother possibly was a daughter of the late Salian duke Conrad I of Carinthia.[2]

In 1055 he had joined the rebellion of his Ezzonid cousin Duke Conrad I of Bavaria and Duke Welf of Carinthia against Emperor Henry III. Nevertheless, upon Henry's death in 1056, he was pardoned by his widow Agnes of Poitou and enfeoffed with the Carinthian duchy. Conrad, however, did not succeed in imposing his authority on the powerful native aristocracy. He died five years later, having possibly never entered Carinthia. He was succeeded by the Zähringen duke Berthold II.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Robinson 1999, p. 35.
  2. ^ a b Jackman 2012, p. 16.

Sources[edit]

  • Jackman, Donald C. (2012). The Kleeberg Fragment of the Gleiberg County. Editions Enplage.
  • Robinson, I. S. (1999). Henry IV of Germany 1056-1106. Cambridge University Press.
Conrad III, Duke of Carinthia
 Died: 1061
Preceded by Duke of Carinthia
Margrave of Verona

1055–1061
Succeeded by