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Conrad II (c. 990 – June 4, 1039) was the son of Count Henry of Speyer and Adelheid of Alsace. He was elected king in 1024 and crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on March 26, 1027, the first emperor of the Salian Dynasty.

During his reign, he proved that the German monarchy had become strong enough that it no longer depended on contracts between king and dukes alone.

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  • Speyer dom 11

    Speyer Cathedral, consecrated in 1061

  • Iron Crown

    Following his expedition into Italy in early 1026, Conrad II was crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as the King of the Lombards.

  • Weltliche Schatzkammer Wien (190)2

    The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire. Conrad was crowned as Emperor on 26 March 1027, by Pope John XIX.

  • Adalbero of Eppenstein, Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona

    Emperor Conrad disapproved of Duke Adalbero's increasingly indiscreet and quasi-independent rule of his estates Carinthia and Verona, that compromised the stability at the crossroads of the empire

  • Polska 992 - 1025

    The Duchy of Poland at its greatest extent under Bolesław I and his son Mieszko II

  • Portrayal of Stephen I, King of Hungary on the coronation pall

    Stephen as depicted on the coronation pall

  • Grab Konrad II. im Dom zu Speyer

    Conrad II's tomb in the Speyer Cathedral

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