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4 unusual facts about Duke of Swabia


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.

Dudo-Henry, Count of Laurenburg

Around 950, the Lords of Lipporn obtained the Esterau (the area near present day Holzappel) from Herman I, Duke of Swabia.

Ernest I, Duke of Swabia

Ernest and Gisela had two sons, Ernest and Hermann, both of whom would eventually become dukes of Swabia themselves.

Great Saxon Revolt

While Henry campaigned there, the German Aristocracy replaced their king Rudolf with the belated election of king Hermann of Salm (ca. 1035 – 28 September 1088), also known as Herman of Luxembourg, as their new antiking in August of 1081, but he was fought successfully to a stalemate by Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (Frederick of Swabia) — Rudolf's Henry-appointed successor in Swabia who had married Henry's daughter Agnes of Germany.


Albert I of Germany

He was on the way to suppress a revolt in Swabia when he was murdered on 1 May 1308, at Windisch on the Reuss River, by his nephew Duke John, afterwards called "the Parricide" or "John Parricida", whom he had deprived of his inheritance.

Conrad I of Germany

Upon the death of King Louis the Child, Conrad was elected King of the East Frankish kingdom on 10 November 911 at Forchheim by the rulers of Saxony, Swabia (Alamannia) and Bavaria.


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Adelaide of Rheinfelden

Adelaide was born circa 1065 to Rudolf of Rheinfelden, duke of Swabia and German anti-king, and his second wife, Adelaide of Savoy.

Pietro Aldi

In 1874, he is awarded a stipend at the Biningueci competition for La sconfitta di Corradino di Svevia a Tagliacozzo (Defeat of Conradin, Duke of Swabia, at the Battle of Tagliacozzo) and this allowed him to continue studies in Rome and Venice.