See also:CONRAD II
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(c
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99o-~1o39), See also:Roman See also:emperor, founder of the Franconian or Salian See also:dynasty, was a son of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry, See also:count of See also:Spires, See also:grandson of See also:Otto I., See also:duke of See also:Carinthia, and through his See also:great-grandmother Liutgarde, wife of See also:Conrad the Red, duke of See also:Lorraine, a descendant of the emperor Otto the Great
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He was See also:Law, 1904, pt. i. p
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64), " will take See also:place when the conquering
See also:power has declared its will to annex it, and has established its authority throughout the territory, any opposition still made being on the See also:scale of See also:brigandage rather than of See also:war, and no corner remains in which the See also:ordinary functions of See also:government are carried on in the name of the old See also:state."
a: member of the See also:family of the Conradines, See also:counts in See also:Franconia, but the family estates had passed to another See also:branch, and were held at this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time by another Conrad, called the " younger " to distinguish him from his See also:elder relative
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He appears to have been a See also:man of strong See also:character, and owing to his skill in warfare, and especially to his See also:marriage in sorb with Gisela, widow of Ernest I., duke of See also:Swabia, won position and See also:influence in See also:Germany
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When the emperor Henry II. died in 1024, the two Conrads were the most prominent candidates for the See also:throne, and are said to have mutually agreed to abide by the decision of the See also:electors
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After some delay the elder Conrad was elected See also:German See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king See also:early in See also:September 1024
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He owed his See also:election to the support of the German bishops, especially that of Aribo, See also:arch-See also:bishop of See also:Mainz, who crowned him in his See also:cathedral on the 8th of September 1024; and the king's biographer, Wipo, remarks that See also:Charlemagne himself could 1 et have been welcomed more gladly by the See also:people
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Aribo, however, refused to perform this ceremony for Gisela, as she was within the prohibited degrees of See also:affinity, and she was crowned some days later at See also:Aix-la-Chapelle by See also:Pilgrim, See also:archbishop of See also:Cologne
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Conrad then travelled through his dominions, received See also:tribute from tribes dwelling See also:east of See also:Saxony, and by his See also:journey " See also:bound the See also:kingdom most firmly in the See also:bond of See also:peace, and the kingly See also:protection." His position, however, was full of difficulty, and the various elements of discontent tended to unite
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Boleslaus, duke of the Poles, took the See also:title of king, and assumed a threatening attitude; See also:Rudolph III., king of See also:Burgundy or See also:Arles, who had arranged that the emperor Henry II. should succeed him, refused to make a similar arrangement with Conrad; many of the Italians were hoping to obtain a king from See also:France; and some German princes, including Conrad the younger, and the king's step-son Ernest II., duke of Swabia, showed signs of revolt
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The See also:death of Boleslaus in 1025, and a cession of some lands See also:north of the See also:Eider to Canute, king of See also:Denmark and See also:England, secured the See also:northern and eastern frontiers of Germany from attack, and the king's domestic enemies were soon crushed
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In 1026 Conrad set out for See also:Italy, and supported by Heribert, archbishop of See also:Milan, assumed the Lombard See also:crown in that See also:city, and afterwards overcame the resistance which was offered by See also:Pavia and See also:Ravenna
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Travelling to See also:Rome, he was crowned emperor in the presence of the See also:kings of Burgundy and Denmark by See also:Pope See also:John XIX., on the 26th of See also:March 1027
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The emperor then visited See also:southern Italy, where by mingling See also:justice with severity he secured respect for the imperial authority; and returned to Germany to find Ernest of Swabia, the younger Conrad, and their associates again in arms
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One cause of this rising was the claim put forward by Ernest to the Burgundian See also:succession, as King Rudolph was his great-See also:uncle
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But his efforts were unsuccessful, and in 1028 the revolt was suppressed; while in the meantime the emperor had met Rudolph of Burgundy at See also:Basel, and had secured for himself a promise of thasuccession
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The emperor's presence was soon needed in the east, where Mesislaus, duke of the Poles, and See also:Stephen I., king of See also:Hungary, were ravaging the See also:borders of Germany
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An expedition against Stephen in 1029 was only partially successful, but he submitted in 1031, and in 1032 Mesislaus was compelled to cede See also:Lusatia to Conrad
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In 1030 Ernest of Swabia was killed in See also:battle; and in September 1032 the king of Burgundy died, and his kingdom was at once seized by his See also:nephew See also:Odo,'count of See also:Champagne
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See also:Collecting an See also:army, Conrad marched into Burgundy in 1033, was chosen and crowned king of Peterlingen, and after See also:driving his See also:rival from the See also:land was again crowned at See also:Geneva in 1034
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Having asserted his authority over the Bohemians and other See also:Slavonic tribes, Conrad went a second time to Italy in 1036 in response to an See also:appeal from Heribert of Milan, whose oppressions had led to a See also:general rising of the smaller vassals against their lords
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An See also:assembly was held at Pavia, and when Heribert refused to obey the commands of the emperor he was seized and imprisoned; but he escaped to Milan, where the citizens took up arms in his favour
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Unable to take Milan, Conrad issued in May 1037 an edictum de beneficiis, by which he decreed that the principle of See also:heredity should apply in Italy to lands held by sub-vassals, and that this class of tenants should not be deprived of their lands 'except by the See also:sentence of their peers, and should retain the right of appeal to the emperor
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Having crushed a rising at See also:Parma and See also:left the city in flames, Conrad restored Pope See also:Benedict IX. to Rome, and marched into southern Italy, where he invested the See also:Norman Rainulf with the See also:county of See also:Aversa, and gave the principality of See also:Capua to Waimar IV., See also:prince of See also:Salerno
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Returning to Germany, the emperor handed over the kingdom of Burgundy to his son Henry, afterwards the emperor Henry III., and proceeded to See also:Utrecht, where he died on the 4th of See also:June 1039
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Hewas buried in the cathedral which he had begun to build at Spires
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Conrad did much for the strengthening of the German kingdom
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Its boundaries were extended by the acquisition of Burgundy and the reconquest of Lusatia; disturbances of the peace became fewer and were more easily suppressed than heretofore ; and three of the duchies, See also:Bavaria, Franconia and Swabia, were made apanages of the royal See also:house
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Although he did not See also:decree that German fiefs should be hereditary, he favoured the tendency in this direction, and so attempted to make the smaller vassals a check on the power of the nobles
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He endeavoured to unite Italy and Germany by inter-marriages between the families of the two countries, governed Italy to a large extent by German officials, and ordered that the law of Justinian should supersede Lombard law in the Roman territories
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He ruled the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church with a See also:firm See also:hand; appointed his own supporters, regardless of their individual fitness, to bishoprics and abbeys; and sought by inquiry to restore to the royal domain the estates granted to the church by his predecessors
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See Wipo, Gesta Chuonradi II. imperatoris, Herimann of See also:Reichenau, Chronicon, Annales Sangallenses majores, Annales Hildisheimenses, all in the Monumenta Germaniae historica
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Scriptores (See also:Hanover and See also:Berlin, 1826–1892)
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An edition of Wipo, together with parts of the Chronicon and the Annales Sangallenses, edited by H
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Bresslau, was published at Hanover in 1878
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H
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Bresslau, Jahrbucher See also:des deutschen Reichs unter Konrad II
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(See also:Leipzig, 1879–1884) ; H
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Bresslau, See also:Die Kanzlei Kaiser Konrads II
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(Berlin, 1869) ; W
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See also:Arndt, Die Wahl Conrad II
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(See also:Gottingen, 1861); J. von Pflugk-Harttung, Untersuchungen zur Geschichte Kaiser Konrads II
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(See also:Stuttgart, 1890), G
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A
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H
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Stenzel, Geschichte See also:Deutsch-lands unter den ,frankischen Kaisern (Leipzig, 1827–1828) ; M
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Pfenninger, Die ksrchliche Politik Kaiser Konrads II
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(See also:Halle, 188o) ; M
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Pfenninger, Kaiser Konrads II
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Beziehungen zu Aribo von Mainz Pilgrim von Koln, and Aribert von Mailand (See also:Breslau, 1891); O
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Blumcke, Burgund unter See also:Rudolf III. and der Heimfall der burgundischen Krone an Kaiser Konrad II
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(Greifswald, 1869) ; W. von See also:Giesebrecht, Geschichte der deutschen Kaiserzeit (Leipzig, 1881–189o); H
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See also:Pabst, " Frankreich and Konrad II. in den Jahren 1024 and 1025," in the Forschungen zur deutschen Geschichte, See also:Rand v
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(Gottingen, 1862–1886)
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