The Duchy of Saxony adopted a neutral strategy while the Duchy of Lorraine favored the younger Conrad. This action further strained the already rough relationship between the imperial House of Otto and the Salian family. Conrad had named Bishop Bruno of Augsburg regent of Germany while he marched south to Italy. Only Archbishop Pilgrim of Cologne, Duke Gothelo I of Lower Lorraine, and Duke Frederick II of Upper Lorraine refused to support him. Conrad wanted to reward the archbishop for his electoral support, so he made Aribo chancellor of Italy as well, making Aribo the second most powerful man in the Holy Roman Empire as the imperial chancellor. Under military service, the Church was required to supply soldiers for the Emperors' army or to act as diplomats at his direction. Only Archbishop Pilgrim of Cologne, Duke Gothelo I of Lower Lorraine, and Duke Frederick II of Upper Lorraine refused to support him. The Hungarians successfully used scorched earth tactics, and Conrad had to withdraw his army. Cnut accompanied Conrad to his coronation as emperor in 1027, and Conrad granted authority over the March of Schleswig, the land-bridge between Denmark and Germany. Conrad and Gisela would remain in Saxony during the winter until March 1025. Control of Burgundy did benefit the Empire. The secular nobles returned to Italy in opposition to Salian rule. Konrád német-római császár (hu); Konrado II.a Germaniako Erromatar Inperio Santukoa (eu); Конрад II (ru); コンラート2世 (ja); Konrad II. The founder of the Salian dynasty of emperors, Conrad also served as King of Germany from 1024, King of Italy from 1026, and King of Burgundy from 1033. When Ernest returned, he joined the opposition and rebelled against Conrad again. Conrad then ordered Adalbero to be removed as Duke and sentenced him and his son to exile. Conrad rarely intervened in its affairs following his coronation, returning only in 1038 to name his son Henry as the kingdom's new ruler. The Emperor accepted Pandulf's offer, but the hostage escaped and Pandulf holed up in his outlying castle of Sant'Agata de' Goti. When Emperor Henry II died in 1024, Rudolph was still alive, sparking a new controversy in the Burgundian succession. Despite some opposition, the Burgundian and Provençal nobles paid homage to Conrad in Zürich in 1034. Conrad the Younger was placed in Conrad's care. To secure his reign, Conrad went on a tour of Germany, making stops in Augsburg to receive the support of Bishop Bruno, and at Strasbourg to receive the support of Bishop Werner, the brothers of the late Emperor Henry II. The secular dukes then cast their votes for the elder Conrad as well. Conrad resorted to exhortations, pleas, and threats to convince Henry to support Adalbero's deposition. Under the Peace of Bautzen in 1018, all three parties remained in uneasy peace, with Poland allowed to hold the Empire's Margraviate of Meissen. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Ambassadors from Pavia traveled north to meet with the German king. [22] A settlement was reached that allowed Conrad II to succeed to the Burgundian throne upon Rudolph's death under the same conditions as Henry II. It did not include the smaller Duchy of Burgundy to the north, ruled by a cadet branch of the Capetian King of France. Freed from the threat of Hungarian attack, the Emperor was able to focus his attention on attacking Poland. At Troia, he ordered Pandulf to restore stolen property to Monte Cassino. The nobles, as vassal lords, and the bishop had conspired to rescind rights from the burghers. They had three children: From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core, "Conrad II" redirects here. Initially, Conrad made little headway against Odo and had to withdraw to Zurich in March. Conrad was succeeded as Count of Worms in 956 by his son Otto of Worms, a grandson of Otto I. Archbishop Aribo, as archbishop of Mainz, was already the chancellor of Germany. The kingship of Italy, according to Conrad, belonged to him as king of Germany as a matter of legal right. In January 1018, Henry II and Boleslaw I signed a peace treaty, known as the Peace of Bautzen, in which the Empire and Poland declared a permanent peace with Boles?aw recognizing Henry II as his nominal feudal lord. Their support of Conrad's rule greatly influenced the Saxony nobility. Both the Archbishop of Mainz and the Bishop of Hildesheim claimed authority over the Abbey, including the authority to anoint the Abbey's nuns. Conrad had to address the longstanding Gandersheim Conflict upon assuming the German throne. As the Emperor's vassals, the Church officials were subject to providing two services to him: the servitium regis (royal service) and servitium militum (military service). Conrad presented himself before the assembly as a candidate for election, as did his younger cousin Conrad the Younger. In return, Rudolph was allowed to retain independent rule over his kingdom. The Kievan invasion was a success. On August 1, 1034, Conrad officially incorporated Burgundy into the Holy Roman Empire at a ceremony held in the Cathedral of Geneva. Faced with a potential invasion by Hungary and the failure of the Lutici to provide their promised contingent of troops, Conrad retreated. Conrad campaigned unsuccessfully against Poland in 1028–1030. This marriage produced two sons: Ernest II and Herman. Conrad II met Rudolph in August 1027 near Basel to settle the dispute. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Conrad's army marched south, besieging Pavia, but the city walls blocked the attackers. According to canon law, marriage was not allowed among relatives of the first to seventh generations. In January 1027, the king called a synod at Frankfurt to resolve the dispute, but a conclusion was not reached. Though Mieszko regained his former power, he still had to fight against the nobility and his own subjects. The relationship was strained, however, when Otto refused to honor a peace treaty Conrad, as Otto's representative, had conducted with the rebellious Berengar II of Italy. The nobles saw use of these treason trials not as mere power shifts in favor of the Emperor, but as a cruel breach of German tradition. By the marriage, Ernest I inherited the Duchy of Swabia at the death of Gisela's brother Duke Herman III of Swabia in 1012. Never before had the Bavarian Duchy passed to a non-member of the Bavarian ducal family. As such, the Church officials reported exclusively to the Emperor, acting as his personal vassals. Following Henry's appointment, Conrad held court at Regensburg and issued a decree requiring an accounting of all imperial property in the duchy. Pandulf sent his wife and son to ask for peace, giving 300 lb of gold and a son and daughter as hostages. Conrad II's hopes of obtaining his own duchy failed, but his marriage to Gisela brought him wealth. In so doing, Conrad broke with the policies of his predecessors and revoked Venice's privileged trading status. Mieszko was allowed to retain the title Duke and nominal authority over all of Poland. Boleslaw died within two months of the coronation, most likely due to an illness. Since the survival of the monarchy was no longer primarily dependent on a compact between sovereign and territorial nobles, it was henceforth invulnerable to prolonged rebellion on their part. Conrad summoned Adalbero to court at Bamberg on 18 May 1035, to answer an indictment of treason for his actions regarding Hungary. Oldrich was imprisoned in Bavaria but by 1034 was pardoned and allowed to return to Bohemia. Marching on Mieszko in autumn 1031, Conrad laid siege at the Polish held-Bautzen in the Margraviate of Meissen. After his defeat, Conrad was obliged to cede some border territory to Hungary. Conrad married Gisela of Swabia, a twice widowed duchess, in 1016. The war ended in 1031 when Polish King Mieszko II surrendered to Conrad. The relationship was strained, however, when Otto refused to honor a peace treaty Conrad, as Otto's representative, had conducted with the rebellious Berengar II of Italy. Conrad's army marched south, besieging Pavia, but the city walls blocked the attackers. Posted by liamfoley63 in Crowns and Regalia, From the Emperor's Desk ≈ Leave a comment. Though initially excited by the offer, William V subsequently rejected it as well. In 978 Emperor Otto II appointed his nephew Otto of Worms as Duke of Carinthia after deposing the rebellious Duke Henry I of Carinthia during the War of the Three Henries. By March 1026, Conrad arrived in Milan and was crowned with the Iron Crown of the Lombards by Archbishop Aribert of Milan as King of the Lombards. Conrad's daughter-in-law and stepson died. After his defeat, Conrad was obliged to cede some border territory to Hungary. Count Odo II of Blois, Conrad's former rival for the Burgundian throne, had already invaded the kingdom to secure his rule, controlling large portions of the kingdom's western territories. Conrad's promotion of imperial authority over the ducal succession and his claims to property throughout Bavaria caused tension between him and the German aristocracy, who viewed Conrad's actions as infringing upon their privileges. He also recognised Aversa as a county of Salerno under Ranulf Drengot, the Norman adventurer. While the reason for the conflict between father and son has been lost, it is believed Bretislaus supported Jaromir over his father. Emperor Henry II blocked this attempt by placing the guardianship of Ernest II, and regency over Swabia, in the hands of Archbishop Poppo of Trier in 1016. The secular nobles returned to Italy in opposition to Salian rule. The young prince assumed the Bavarian dignity on 24 June 1027. During the return trip to Germany an epidemic broke out among the troops. Conrad II, c.990–1039, Holy Roman emperor (1027–39) and German king (1024–39), first of the Salian dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire. Even his mother Gisela did not come to his rescue. After the early death of his uncle Duke Conrad I of Carinthia, the elder Conrad's infant son, Conrad the Younger, was named Count of Worms by Emperor Henry II while the Duchy of Carinthia passed to Adalbero of Eppenstein due to Conrad the Younger's infancy. Her mother, Gerberga of Burgundy, was the daughter of reigning Burgundian King Conrad of Burgundy and granddaughter of the late Frankish King Louis IV. Henry II (German: Heinrich II; Italian: Enrico II) (6 May 973 – 13 July 1024), also known as Saint Henry the Exuberant, Obl. When the Saxon-based Ottonian dynasty of emperors died off with the childless Emperor Henry II, Conrad was elected to succeed him as King in 1024 at the age of 34. Conrad summoned Adalbero to court at Bamberg on 18 May 1035, to answer an indictment of treason for his actions regarding Hungary. According to canon law, marriage was not allowed among relatives of the first to seventh generations. Upon receiving the ducal title, however, Otto lost his position at Worms, which was given to Bishop Hildebald, Otto II's imperial chancellor. Boleslaw was thus the first Polish king as his predecessors had been considered mere "dukes" by both the Empire and the Pope in Rome. The dispute, but Gisela retained regency over Swabia remainder of Henry 's appointment, Conrad made headway! 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