Konrad II, Holy Roman Emperor

Events

Date of Birth: about 990 (probably 12 July 990).

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimate is given by Appelt and by Glocker (p. 336). Wolfram (2003, p. 119) and Wolf give the probable exact date.

Date of Death: 4 June 1039.

Place of Death: Utrecht.

The date and place are given by Appelt, by Struve, and by Becher (p. 138). The date is given by Althoff (p. 366). Wolfram (2006, p. 345) notes that Konrad is said to have died of gout, although this may seem unlikely to moderns.

Date of Burial: 3 July 1039.

Place of Burial: Speyer (the crypt of the cathedral).

The place is given by Appelt, by Wolf, and by Struve. The date and place are given by Wolfram (2006, p. 346).

Relationships

Father: Heinrich, count in Wormsgau.

This relationship is given by Appelt, by Hlawitschka, by Wolf, by Wolfram (2003, p. 119), by Struve, and by Glocker (p. 336).

Mother: Adelheid.

This relationship is given by Appelt, by Hlawitschka, by Wolf, and by Wolfram (2003, p. 120).

Spouse: Gisela von Schwaben.

This relationship is given by Appelt, by Hlawitschka, by Wolf, by Wolfram (2003, p. 122), by Zey (p. 51), by Struve, and by Glocker (p. 336).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Wolfram.)

Heinrich III (28 October 1017 - 5 October 1056), Holy Roman Emperor, married (1) Gunhild of Denmark; married (2) Agnès of Poitou.

Beatrix (about 1020 - 24 September 1036).

Mathilde (after mid-1025 - beginning of 1034).

References

Althoff, Gerd. Adels- und Königsfamilien im Spiegel ihrer Memorialüberlieferung: Studieren zum Totengedenken der Billunger und Ottonen. (München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1984).

Appelt, Heinrich. “Konrad II.” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 12 (1979) S. 492-495 [Onlinefassung].

Becher, Matthias. “Heinrich III. (1039-1056)” in Die Deutschen Herrscher des Mittelalters: Historische Portraits von Heinrich I. bis Maximillian I. (919-1519). (Beck: München, 2003)

Bretscher-Gisiger, Ch. Ottonen genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Glocker, Winfrid. Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik: Studien zur Familienpolitik und zur Genealogie des Sächsischen Kaiserhauses (Böhlau Verlag: Köln, 1989).

Hlawitschka, Eduard. Vom Frankenreich zur Formierung der europäishen Staaten- und Völkergemeinschaft 840-1046: Ein Studienbuch. (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 1986).

Struve, T. "Konrad II." in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 5 (Stuttgart: 1991).

Wolf, Armin. Ahnen deutscher Könige und Königinnen: Alternativen zu dem Werk von Eduard Hlawitschka. 2010. Selbstverlag des Herold, Berlin.

Wolfram, Herwig. “Konrad II. (1024-1039)” in Die Deutschen Herrscher des Mittelalters: Historische Portraits von Heinrich I. bis Maximillian I. (919-1519). (Beck: München, 2003)

Wolfram, Herwig. Conrad II 990-1039: Emperor of Three Kingdoms (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006).

Zey, Claudia. “Frauen und Töchter der salischen Herrscher” in Die Salier, das Reich und der Niederrhein (Böhlau: Köln, 2008).