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  CONRAD III
Conrad’s uncle, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, appointed him duke of Franconia in 1115 and a regent of Germany in 1116.
Conrad was elected king (or so-called antiking) of Germany in 1127.
Conrad’s struggle with the Welfs and his other unsuccessful efforts to consolidate the empire were interrupted by the calling of the Second Crusade (1147–49), in which he took a leading part.
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 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Conrad III
Conrad III (1093-1152), the first German king of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was the son of Frederick I, duke of Swabia.
After Lothar's death (December 1137), Conrad was elected king of the Romans (the title customarily accorded preparatory to accession as emperor) and thereby ruler of Germany at Coblenz in March 1138.
Conrad was never crowned emperor, and continued to style himself king of the Romans until his death.
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 Conrad III - LoveToKnow 1911
Conrad, however, captured the fortress of Weinsberg from Welf in December 1140, and is said to have allowed the women to leave the town, each with as much of her property as she could carry on her back.
Conrad died on the 15th of February 1152 at Bamberg, where he was buried.
Passing over his younger son Frederick on account of his youth, he appointed as his successor his nephew Frederick III., duke of Swabia, afterwards the emperor Frederick I. Conrad possessed military talents, and had many estimable qualities, but he lacked perseverance and foresight, and was hampered by his obligations to the church.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Conrad III (1093 – 15 February 1152) was the first King of Germany of the Hohenstaufen dynasty.
Conrad quickly crossed the Alps to be crowned King of Italy by Anselm V, Archbishop of Milan.
Conrad, after a long siege, defeated the latter at Weinsberg in December 1140, and in May 1142 a peace agreement was reached in Frankfurt.
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 Conrad III of Germany - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
After Lothar's death (December 1137), Conrad was elected King of the Germans and King of the Romans (the title customarily accorded preparatory to accession as emperor) at Coblenz in March 1138.
Conrad eventually reached the crusader kingdom by sea from Constantinople, and participated in the ill-fated Siege of Damascus before returning home.
Frederick Barbarossa, who had accompanied his uncle on the unfortunate crusade, forcefully pursued his advantage and was duly elected king in Cologne a few weeks later.
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 CONRAD III - Online Information article about CONRAD III
Lion, son of Henry the Proud, was confirmed in the duchy of Saxony, while Bavaria was given to Conrad's step-brother Henry Jasomirgott, margrave of Austria, who married Gertrude, the widow of Henry the Proud.
nephew Frederick III., duke of Swabia, afterwards the emperor Frederick I.
Conrad possessed military talents, and had many estimable qualities, but he lacked perseverance and foresight, and was hampered by his obligations to the See also:
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  Conrad III. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Conrad deprived Henry of his duchies, giving Saxony to Albert the Bear and Bavaria to Leopold of Austria.
At Christmas, 1146, Conrad was induced by St. Bernard of Clairvaux to join in the Second Crusade (see Crusades) with Louis VII of France.
Conrad was never crowned by the pope, and therefore was not confirmed as Holy Roman emperor.
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 Courtly Lives - HRE Frederick II
Conrad IV of Hohenstaufen, Frederick's son was both King of Jerusalem and king of the Romans.
Conrad IV was born on April 25, 1228, in Andria, Italy to Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II and queen regent of Jerusalem, Yolanda.
Conrad married Elizabeth of Bavaria, daughter of Otto II Wittelsback, Duke of Bavaria in 1246.
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 1100 - 1199
Conrad (later Conrad III of Germany) is given duchy of Franconia by his uncle Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire.
Conrad (soon to be Conrad III of Germany) and his brother Frederick II, duke of Swabia dispute Lothair II's succession to the throne of Germany.
Conrad (soon to be Conrad III of Germany) is elected king or anti-king of Germany, and a war breaks out between him and his rival, Lothair II of the Holy Roman Empire.
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 Letters of Conrad III during the Second Crusade
The main focus of the Second Crusade (1145-49) was an attempt by Christian forces to expand the territory held by Christian forces in the Holy Land.
One of the key players was Conrad III, the Holy Roman Emperor, who led the German forces from Europe.
Conrad, by the grace of God, king of the Romans, to venerable Wibald, abbot of Corvey and Stavelot, his most kind greeting.
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 Barnaby Conrad III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Author and editor Barnaby Conrad III is counted among the elegant gentlemen of Pacific Heights.
He recently shared with Mister SF the story of a man whose host told him, "I'd like you to meet Barnaby Conrad." Believing he was shaking the hand of Conrad's famous father, the man was stunned.
Conrad appeared not to have aged a day since the man last met the senior Barnaby thirty years earlier.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Conrad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
He was a son of Leopold III of Austria, a half brother of Emperor Conrad III, and an uncle of Emperor Frederick I. His history of the world to 1146, usually called The Two Cities (tr.
Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II annexed the kingdom to the Holy Roman Empire in 1034, but few of his successors troubled to be...
The method is unsound: the aesthetic dissonance of colonial justification in Kipling, Conrad, and Greene.
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 The Baldwin Project: The History of Germany by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Provoked at the interruption, one of the bishops urged Conrad to hurry on to the Cathedral.
Rudolph III, too, was friendly, although at first he had been unwilling to recognise Conrad as his heir, for he said he had promised his throne to Henry II personally, and not to the King of the Germans.
Conrad forgave Ernst and his companions, but it was not long before they rebelled a second time, and many others who feared the Emperor too much to rebel openly, joined them in secret.
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 Phase III trials of cellulose sulfate microbicide for HIV prevention closed
Prior to beginning the Phase III efficacy trials, there were 11 earlier safety and contraceptive trials on cellulose sulfate involving more than 500 participants in Africa, India, and the U.S. -- none of which identified safety concerns.
CONRAD is a cooperating agency of USAID committed to improving reproductive health by expanding the contraceptive choices of women and men and by helping to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
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 Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
During the abbacy of Wibald the monastery of Stavelot reached the period of its greatest fame, and at Corvey the monastic discipline which had been on the decline was again restored.
Wibald was one of the most influential councillors of the emperors Lothaire and Conrad III.
Conrad's successor, Frederick Barbarossa, also esteemed him highly and was sent by him on a mission to Constantinople in 1154 and again in 1157.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Wibald
During the absence of Conrad III in Palestine (1147-49) he was tutor of the emperor's young son Henry, but seems to have had little to do with the political affairs of Germany during that period.
Conrad's successor, Frederick Barbarossa, also esteemed him highly and was sent by him on a mission to
They begin with the year 1146 and have become the chief source for the history of Conrad III and the early reign of Barbarossa.
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 conrad iii - OneLook Dictionary Search
Conrad III : Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [home, info]
CONRAD III : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
Phrases that include conrad iii: conrad iii of jerusalem
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 Conrad - Developing Results for HIV Protection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
CONRAD is a cooperating agency of USAID committed to improving reproductive health by expanding the contraceptive choices of women and men and by helping to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
CONRAD is administered through the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) in Norfolk, VA and headquartered in Arlington, VA.
Prior to initiating two HIV prevention trials, CONRAD sponsored 11 clinical trials of cellulose sulfate (CS) involving 518 women and 48 men in the CS arms.
www.conrad.org /press/phaseIIItrials.htm   (1060 words)

  
 Conrad I - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Conrad I (died 918), king of Germany (911-918).
While he was duke of Franconia, Conrad was elected successor to the German king Louis III, the last...
Conrad's chief enemy was Lothair's son-in-law, Henry the Proud, duke of Bavaria and Saxony, who refused to submit to Conrad's authority.
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 Brumbaugh
Conrad BRUMBACH (Johannes Henrich-1) was born in 1735 in Germany.
Conrad BRUMBACH (Jacob (Jockel)-2, Johannes Henrich-1) was born in 1768.
Conrad BRUMBAUGH (Henry-5, Conrad-4, Daniel-3, Conrad-2, Johannes Henrich-1) was born in 1855.
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 The Schliesser - Hicks Family Tree
Conrad Koder, I and Maria Funckh were married on Oct 25, 1687 in Tailfingen, Duchy of Württemberg (now Germany).
Conrad Koder, II and Agatha Gauss were married on Sep 1, 1711 in Tailfingen, Duchy of Württemberg (now Germany).
Conrad Koder, III and Anna Maria Mayer were married on Jul 24, 1741 in Tailfingen, Duchy of Württemberg (now Germany).
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 Migrant FilmWorkers :: About Conrad Hunziker
Conrad began his career in the visual communications medium as a photojournalist for his Northern California hometown newspaper.
With an opening at the local cable station, Conrad decided to pursue his interest in television production, and within a year he was one of only 2 people responsible for producing, directing and engineering live TV productions.
In the late 1990's Conrad served as one of the founding partners of NightSky Entertainment, producing numerous award winning short films, and continuing to serve as a resource for digital production and post production.
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 Germany during the Crusades, p.4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Conrad had been elected with the support of the papacy and of powerful German archbishops.
Despite his close ties, however, Conrad was reluctant to go on the Second Crusade and had to be persuaded by St. Bernard himself.
Henry the Proud opposed Conrad throughout his life, and the king spent most of his reign simply trying to keep what he had.
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 Science Fair Projects - Conrad III of Germany
Elected king of Italy in December 1127 in opposition to Lothair II, Conrad acknowledged Lothair as emperor only in 1135.
Conrad eventually reached the crusader kingdom by sea from Constantinople.
On his deathbed, in the presence of only two witnesses, his nephew Frederick Barbarossa and the bishop of Bamberg, he allegedly designated Frederick I Barbarossa his successor, rather than his own six-year-old son Frederick who instead succeeded Barbarossa as Duke of Swabia.
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 Amazon.ca: Absinthe: History in a Bottle: Books: Barnaby Iii Conrad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
(Conrad wastes a little time trying to connect thujone with THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.) On the other hand, some 19th century scientists found that too much of anise, the main flavoring in absinthe, could be bad for you in itself.
Conrad with much of the artwork and other content, and was a bit miffed at her modest credit in the bibliography.
Conrad, by the way, followed this up with his entertaining, rather more light-hearted 1995 book on the history and culture of the Martini, well timed for that cocktail's vigorous comeback in recent years.
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 Conrad - Developing Results for HIV Protection
Agreement of Cooperation on Microbicide Research Between CONRAD and the Indian Council of Medical Research
CONRAD exists to facilitate the rapid development of safe, acceptable, affordable products and methods that provide contraception and/or prevent the sexual transmission of HIV/AIDS and other infections.
Our work does not begin in the laboratory or even in the scientist's mind, but with the needs of women and men everywhere who are struggling for a better life for themselves and their families.
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 Otto of Freising Summary
Otto of Freising was the son of Margrave Leopold III of Austria (later St. Leopold) and of Agnes, the daughter of Henry IV.
By her first husband, Frederick I of Hohenstaufen, duke of Swabia, Agnes was the mother of the German king Conrad III, and grandmother of the emperor Frederick I.
He enjoyed the favour of Conrad's successor, Frederick I; was probably instrumental in settling the dispute over the duchy of Bavaria in 1156; was present at the famous diet at Besançon in 1157, and, still retaining the dress of a Cistercian monk, died at Morimond on 22 September 1158.
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 The Baldwin Project: The History of Germany by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
They prayed their Duke not weakly to allow himself thus to be robbed, but to fight for his rights, and they gathered to him, both knights and barons and their followers, until he had a mighty army.
And Conrad could not give all his mind to conquering Henry, for other nobles too rose against him, and, worst of all, the Hungarians again laid waste the land.
And when Conrad had ceased speaking Eberhard promised him with tears running down his cheeks that all should be done as he wished.
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