Conrad II of Jerusalem
| Conrad IV | |
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King of Germany (King of the Romans) King of Italy |
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| Reign | May 1237 – 21 May 1254 |
| Predecessor | Henry (VII) |
| Successor | William |
| King of Sicily | |
| Reign | 13 December 1250 – 21 May 1254 |
| Predecessor | Frederick I |
| Successor | Conrad II |
| King of Jerusalem | |
| Reign | 25 April 1228 – 21 May 1254 |
| Predecessor | Isabella II and Frederick I |
| Successor | Conrad III |
| Duke of Swabia | |
| Reign | 12 February 1235 – 21 May 1254 |
| Predecessor | Henry |
| Successor | Conrad IV |
| King of Italy | |
| Reign | May 1237 – 21 May 1254 |
| Predecessor | Henry |
| Successor | William |
| Holy Roman Emperor; King of Italy | |
| Reign | 1250–1254 |
| Predecessor | Frederick II |
| Successor | Henry VII |
| Born |
25 April 1228 Andria, Kingdom of Sicily |
| Died | 21 May 1254 (aged 26) Lavello, Basilicata |
| Burial | Messina Cathedral |
| Spouse | Elisabeth of Bavaria |
| Issue | Conradin |
| House | Hohenstaufen |
| Father | Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Mother | Isabella II of Jerusalem |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Conrad (25 April 1228 – 21 May 1254), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was the only son of Emperor Frederick II from his second marriage with Queen Isabella II of Jerusalem. He inherited the title of a King of Jerusalem (as Conrad II) upon the death of his mother in childbed. Appointed Duke of Swabia in 1235, his father had him elected King of Germany (King of the Romans) and crowned King of Italy (as Conrad IV) in 1237. After the emperor was deposed and died in 1250, he ruled as King of Sicily (Conrad I) until his death.
He was the second but only surviving son of Emperor Frederick II and Isabella II (Yolanda), the queen regnant of Jerusalem. Born in Andria, in the South Italian Kingdom of Sicily, his mother died while giving birth to him and he succeeded her as monarch of the Crusader state of Jerusalem. By his father, Conrad was the grandson of the Hohenstaufen emperor Henry VI and great-grandson of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. He lived in Southern Italy until 1235, when he first visited the Kingdom of Germany. During this period his kingdom of Jerusalem, ruled by his father as regent through proxies, was racked by the civil War of the Lombards until Conrad declared his majority and his father's regency lost its validity.
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