Conrad I | |
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![]() Conrad's seal | |
King of East Francia | |
Reign | 10 November 911 – 23 December 918 |
Predecessor | Louis the Child |
Successor | Henry the Fowler |
Duke of Franconia | |
Reign | 27 February 906 – 23 December 918 |
Predecessor | Conrad the Elder |
Successor | Eberhard of Franconia |
Born | c. 881 Germany |
Died | 23 December 918 Weilburg Castle |
Burial | |
Consort | Cunigunde of Swabia |
House | Conradines |
Father | Conrad, Duke of Thuringia |
Mother | Glismut |
Conrad I (German: Konrad; c. 881 – 23 December 918), called the Younger, was the king of East Francia from 911 to 918. He was the first king not of the Carolingian dynasty, the first to be elected by the nobility and the first to be anointed.[1] He was chosen as the king by the rulers of the East Frankish stem duchies after the death of young King Louis the Child. Ethnically Frankish, prior to this election he had ruled the Duchy of Franconia from 906.