Conrad of Franconia

Conrad I
Conrad's seal
King of East Francia
Reign	10 November 911 – 23 December 918
Predecessor	Louis the Child
Successor	Henry the Fowler
Duke of Franconia
Reign	27 February 906 – 23 December 918
Predecessor	Conrad the Elder
Successor	Eberhard of Franconia
Born	c. 881
Died	23 December 918 Weilburg Castle
Burial	Fulda Cathedral
Consort	Cunigunde of Swabia
House	Conradines
Father	Conrad, Duke of Thuringia
Mother	Glismut
Religion	Roman Catholic

Conrad I (German: Konrad; c. 881 – December 23, 918), called the Younger, was the first non-Carolingian king of East Francia from 911 to 918. He was the first elected king of East Francia and also the first one to be anointed. He was chosen as the king by the rulers of the East Frankish stem duchies after the death of young king Louis the Child. Prior to this election he had ruled the Duchy of Franconia from 906.

Conrad was the son of duke Conrad of Thuringia (called the Elder) and his wife Glismut, probably related to Ota, wife of the Carolingian emperor Arnulf of Carinthia and mother of Louis the Child. The Conradines, counts in the Franconian Lahngau region, had been loyal supporters of the Carolingians. At the same time, they competed vigorously for predominance in Franconia with the sons of the Babenbergian duke Henry of Franconia at Bamberg Castle. In 906 the two parties battled each other near Fritzlar. Conrad the Elder was killed, as were two of the three Babenberg brothers. King Louis the Child then took the Conradines' side and the third Babenbergian brother Adalbert was arrested and executed shortly thereafter, despite a promise of safe conduct by the king's chancellor, Archbishop Hatto I of Mainz. Conrad then became the undisputed duke of all Franconia. Nevertheless, he failed in his attempts to extend the rule of Conradines over the western Lotharingia after the death of his uncle, duke Gebhard.

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