Conrad I of Burgundy
Conrad III. the peaceable things - according to another count Konrad I. - († 19 October 993, buried in the Abbey of Saint -André- de -Bas in Vienne) was from 937 until his death King of Upper Burgundy.
Konrad was the son and heir of Rudolf II. He was the brother of Adelheid and has been chosen as a minor in Lausanne and crowned.
Against him stood Hugo, king of Italy, after the death of Rudolf II 937 claims on Burgundy, as his son Lothar Konrad's sister Adelheid had been promised. Against these claims Konrad III was. protected by the Saxon duke and the East Frankish King Otto I., in which he caused to his court to Saxony 's successor before the arrival of Hugo's in Burgundy in December 937 and so assured him of his inheritance.
After the assassination of Adelaide's husband Lothar II 950 and their imprisonment by the new Italian King Berengar II, the conquest of Italy by Otto I and his marriage with Adelheid 951 was her brother Konrad III. the possession of Lower Burgundy, which had already taken over his father Rudolf II from 930, definitively confirmed.
Conrad III. was married three times. His first wife was Adelana, who died before 23 March 963. With her he had two children, Kuno ( † after 966 ) and Gisela († July 21, 1007 ), the wife of Duke Henry the Wrangler of Bavaria.
His third wife was for about 964 Mathilde (* end 943, † 26/27 January 981/982. ), Daughter of the West Frankish king Louis IV, with whom he had a daughter Gerberga (* 965, † 1019).
In addition, he had from a relationship with Aldiud, the wife of Anselm, a son, Burchard ( Bouchard ) ( † June 22, 1030 or 1031 ) 953 provost of Saint- Maurice- d'Agaune, 978 Archbishop of Lyon. Maternal Burchard of Lyon is the half brother of Anselm Bishop of Aosta, Burchard ( Bouchard ), Archbishop of Vienne, and Udalrich, Vogt of the Church of Vienne.
During Conrad's reign, the kingdom suffered from the incursions of the Hungarians and feuds and wars of prey of great powers. The power vacuum also benefit the Saracens for a raid in the north of Burgundy, being 939 the monastery of St. Maurice in the lower Valais plundered. But it succeeded 975 to end Islamic rule in Provence.
Conrad III. 993 died and was buried in the Abbey of Saint -André- de -Bas. Was succeeded by his son Rudolf III ..