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unusual facts about Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg



Conrad I, Burgrave of Nuremberg

Among other territories, he acquired the Rangau with Ansbach, significant parts of the Pegnitz valley and gained control over the most important trade routes to Nuremberg.

Conrad I, Count of Auxerre

Conrad I the Elder (died 876) was the count of several counties, most notably the Aargau and Auxerre, around Lake Constance, as well as Paris from 859 to 862/4.

Conrad I, Count of Oldenburg

#Gerard of Oldenburg (killed in action 1367 while invading Rüstringen)

Conrad I of Oldenburg is also the male-line ancestor of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and thus of Charles, Prince of Wales.

Conrad I, Duke of Bavaria

This failed, for Cuno married against the will of the emperor when he wed Judith of Schweinfurt, daughter of Otto III, Duke of Swabia.

Conrad I, Duke of Merania

His second wife, Matilda of Falkenstein, gave him one son, Conrad II, who inherited Merania and, in 1172, Dachau.

Conrad I, Duke of Zähringen

Conrad I died in 1152 and was buried in the family vault in the Abbey of Saint Peter in the Black Forest.

Duke of Teck

Adalbert I, son of Duke Conrad I of Zähringen, inherited his father's Swabian possessions around Teck Castle between Kirchheim and Owen.

Freiburg Castle

The Duke's servants and craftsmen lived at the foot of the mountain in the area of what today is the southern part of the historic center, but it was only in 1120 when his son Konrad, with the approval of emperor Henry IV, granted the settlement market rights, thus ending the startup phase of Freiburg.

Godfrey I, Count of Namur

In 1109, Godfrey married Ermesinde (d. 1141), the daughter of Count Conrad I of Luxembourg and Clementia of Aquitaine.

Heilsbronn Abbey

These rich endowments were mostly made by the dukes of Abenberg and their heirs, the Hohenzollern Burgraves of Nuremberg.


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