Konrad VON STAUFEN

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Medieval Lands by Charles Cawley, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy KONRAD von Staufen, son of FRIEDRICH I Duke of Swabia [Staufen] & hiswife Agnes of Germany (1093-Bamberg 15 Feb 1152, bur BambergCathedral). Duke of Franconia 1116/20. After his older brother'sbreach with Lothar von Süpplingenburg King of Germany, Konrad waselected anti-king of Germany in Dec 1127 by his supporters inFranconia and Swabia[482]. He sought support in Italy, having himselfcrowned as king of Italy at Monza in Jun 1128 by the archbishop ofMilan in opposition to Pope Honorius II. He was unsuccessful inretaining the lands previously held by Matilda Ctss of Tuscany, towhich he had a hereditary claim as nephew of Emperor Heinrich IV, andreturned to Germany in 1130[483]. Heinrich eventually submitted toEmperor Lothar with his brother in 1135, and took part in the 1136Italian campaign as imperial standard-bearer[484]. After the death ofEmperor Lothar, Adalbero Archbishop of Trier engineered a quickelection at Koblenz 7 Mar 1138 without waiting for a formal meeting ofthe princes, where Konrad was elected as KONRAD III King of Germany.He was crowned at Aachen by the papal legate 13 Mar 1138. His mainrival, Heinrich "der Stolze" [Welf] Duke of Bavaria, acknowledgedKonrad's election but demanded the duchy of Saxony, which was refused.He was deprived of his duchy of Bavaria and outlawed[485]. KingKonrad strengthened his position by enfeoffing close relations withthe duchy of Bavaria (his half-brother Leopold IV Markgraf ofAustria), the duchy of Lower Lotharingia (his wife's brother-in-lawGodefroi de Louvain) and the Rhineland Palatinate (his brother-in-lawHermann von Stahleck). King Konrad sealed an alliance with Byzantiumin 1140 by arranging the marriage of his wife's sister with the son ofEmperor Ioannes II, although the marriage did not finally take placeuntil 1146 as negotiations were delayed first by the emperor's deathand later by additional dowry demands from the Byzantines[486]. Thedispute with the Welf family persisted, despite King Konrad's defeatof Duke Welf VI at Weinsberg in 1140 and a temporary settlementachieved in 1142[487]. King Konrad III left Germany in May 1147 onthe Second Crusade and reached Constantinople 10 Sep 1147[488]. Hisarmy was defeated by the Seljuks near Dorylaeum 25 Oct 1147, but hecontinued to march southwards together with the French army led byLouis VII King of France. At Ephesus King Konrad was obliged by illhealth to return to Constantinople where he remained until Mar1148[489]. Konrad took part in the unsuccessful attempt to captureDamascus in Jul 1148, but left Acre 8 Sep 1148 for Thessaloniki. Hestayed in Constantinople until Feb 1149, after agreeing an alliancewith Emperor Manuel I to fight Roger II King of Sicily[490]. Konradrefused, however, to cooperate with the scheme of Louis VII King ofFrance to launch a new crusade aimed at taking vengeance onByzantium[491]. He died while preparing an expedition against theSicilians, after naming his nephew Friedrich as his successor, passingover his own infant son. The Annales Veterocellenses record the death"1152 XIV Kal Mar" of "Cuonradus rex" and his burial at Speier[492].Although Konrad was never crowned emperor at Rome, he used the titles"Romanorum rex Augustus" and "simper Augustus"[493]. m firstly ([1115]) GERTRUD von Komburg, daughter and heiress ofHEINRICH von Komburg Graf von Rothenburg & his wife Gepa vonMergentheim (-[1130/31], bur Kloster Lorch). The primary source whichconfirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m secondly (before 1134) GERTRUD von Sulzbach, daughter of BERENGAR[I] Graf von Sulzbach & his second wife Adelheid von Wolfratshausen[Diessen] (-Hersfeld 14 Apr 1146, bur Kloster Ebrach). The CronicaReinhardsbrunnensis records the marriage of "Conradus rex" and"Gerdrudem filiam Perngeri comitis de Sultzpach" and her burial "inCastello"[494]. Wegener cites the Kastler Reimchronik which refers toGertrud daughter of Graf Berengar as wife of King Konrad III[495].The necrology of Salzburg St Rudpert records the death "XVIII Kal Mai"of "Gerdrudis regina"[496]. The Fundatio Monasterii Ebracensisrecords the death "XVIII Kal Mai 1147" of "Gertrudis Romanorumimperatrix et mater Heinrici regis"[497]. Mistress (1): GERBERGA "liberrimae conditionis", daughter of ---. Theprimary source which confirms her relationship with King Konrad hasnot yet been identified. King Konrad III & his first wife had two children: 1. BERTHA von Staufen . The primary source which confirms herparentage has not yet been identified. Abbess of Erstein 1153. 2. GERTRUD von Staufen . The primary source which confirmsher parentage has not yet been identified. King Konrad III & his second wife had two children: 3. HEINRICH BERENGAR von Staufen ([1136/37]-1150 after Feb).The Gesta Friderici of Otto of Freising names "filius regis Heinricus"when recording his death[498]. He was born in [1136/37] if it iscorrect, as stated by Haverkamp, that he was ten years old when he wascrowned king in 1147[499]. He was elected associate king of Germanyat Frankfurt in Mar 1147 as part of the preparations for his father'sdeparture on crusade, crowned at Aachen 30 Mar 1147[500]. His forcesheavily defeated Duke Welf VI at Flochberg near Nördlingen in Feb1150[501]. The Annales Aquenses record the death in 1150 of"Heinricus rex puer 13 annorum"[502]. Betrothed (11 Jun 1139) toSOPHIA of Hungary, daughter of BÉLA II King of Hungary & his wifeJelena of Serbia ([1136/37]-). The Canonici WissegradensisContinuatio Cosmæ records the marriage in Pentecost 1139 of "filiamsuam [=rex Bela]" with "filio regis Theutonicorum Conradi", specifyingthat the marriage was arranged by Sobeslav Duke of Bohemia[503].Although neither party is named, Heinrich was King Konrad's onlyrecorded son at that date and King Béla's daughter must have beenSophia as her older sister was already married. This is confirmed bythe Vita Ottonis Episcopi Babenbergensis which names "Belæ Ungariciregis…filia eius Sophia" and records her betrothal to "Heinrich puero,Teutonicorum regis Chuonradi filio primogenito"[504]. Nun at Admont. 4. FRIEDRICH von Staufen ([1144/45]-Rome 19 Aug 1167, burKloster Ebrach). The Gesta Friderici of Otto of Freising names"fratrem parvulum Fridericum" when recording the death of his olderbrother Heinrich[505]. Graf von Rothenburg. Heinrich Archbishop ofMainz promoted his candidacy to succeed his father, although thelatter appointed his cousin Friedrich von Staufen as successor[506].In compensation for having been passed over, he was installed in 1152as FRIEDRICH IV Duke of Swabia by his cousin[507]. The document dated17 Sep 1156 establishing the duchy of Austria is witnessed by"…Fridericus filius regis Counradi…"[508]. He died of malaria whilefighting on Emperor Friedrich I's Italian expedition of 1167[509].The Hugonis Ratisponensis Cronica records the death in 1167 of"Fridericus de Rotenburch, filius Chunradi regis" during the emperor'sItalian campaign[510]. m (1166) as her first husband, GERTRUD vonSachsen, daughter of HEINRICH "dem Löwen" Duke of Bavaria and Saxony[Welf] & his first wife Klementia von Zähringen ([1154]-1 Jun 1197,bur Wå Gårds Harde). Helmold records the marriage of "Heinricus duxBawarie et Saxonie…[et] domna Clementia…filiam" and "filio Conradiregis"[511]. The primary source which confirms her name has not yetbeen identified. Helmold records the marriage of "[Heinricus duxBawarie et Saxonie] filiam suam, viduam Fretherici…principis deRodenburg" and "rex Danorum…filio suo…designatus…rex" as part of thepeace process between Saxony and Denmark[512]. She married secondly(1177) Knud of Denmark, who succeeded in 1182 as Knud IV King ofDenmark. The Annales Stadenses refers to the betrothal of "Heinricusdux filiam suam" and "Daciæ regi" in 1171[513]. Her second marriagewas arranged to seal the renewed peace agreed between her father andValdemar I King of Denmark in 1171[514]. [482] Haverkamp (1988), p. 138. [483] Haverkamp (1988), p. 138. [484] Haverkamp (1988), p. 140, and Fuhrmann (1995), p. 121. [485] Haverkamp (1988), pp. 141-2. [486] Houben (2002), p.. 89. [487] Haverkamp (1988), p. 142, and Fuhrmann (1995), pp. 126-7. [488] Runciman (1978), Vol. 2, p. 259. [489] Runciman (1978), Vol. 2, pp. 268-71. [490] Runciman (1978), Vol. 2, pp. 280-85, and Fuhrmann (1995), p.132. [491] Runciman (1978), Vol. 2, pp. 286-7. [492] Annales Veterocellenses 1152, MGH SS XVI, p. 42. [493] Fuhrmann (1995), p. 128. [494] Cronica Reinhardsbrunnensis 1138, MGH SS XXX.1, p. 535. [495] Kastler Reimchronik Vers 543, Moritz 2 147 and 1 249, cited inWegener, W. (1965/67) Genealogischen Tafeln zur mitteleuropäischenGeschichte (Verlag Degener), p. 202. [496] Monumenta Necrologica S Rudperti Salisburgensis, SalzburgNecrologies, p. 91. [497] Fundatio Monasterii Ebracensis, MGH SS XV.2, p. 1042. [498] Gesta Friderici Imperatoris Ottonis Frisingensis I.62, MGH SSXX, p. 388. [499] Haverkamp (1988), p. 145. [500] Haverkamp (1988), p. 145. [501] Haverkamp (1988), p. 147. [502] Annales Aquenses 1150, MGH SS XXIV, p. 38. [503] Canonici Wissegradensis Continuatio Cosmæ MGH SS IX, p. 145, thedate "Jun 11" being inserted in the margin by the editor. [504] Herbordi, Vita Ottonis Episcopi Babenbergensis 51, MGH SS XII,p. 772. [505] Gesta Friderici Imperatoris Ottonis Frisingensis I.62, MGH SSXX, p. 388. [506] Haverkamp (1988), p. 222. [507] Haverkamp (1988), p. 221. [508] Constitutio Ducatus Austriæ, MGH LL 2, p. 99. [509] Fuhrmann (1995), p. 159. [510] Hugonis Ratisponensis Cronica, Fontes rerum Germanicarum III, p.491. [511] Helmoldi Chronica Slavorum II, 10, MGH SS XXI, p. 95. [512] Helmoldi Chronica Slavorum II, 14, MGH SS XXI, p. 99. [513] Annales Stadenses 1171, MGH SS XVI, p. 347. [514] Jordan, K., trans. Falla, P. S. (1986) Henry the Lion: aBiography (Clarendon Press, Oxford), p. 83.

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