Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg

Count of Luxembourg, r. 1059–1086

Seal of Conrad I of Luxembourg. The Latin inscription on the border of the seal reads: CONRARDVS COMES DE LVCELEMBVRCH

Conrad I (c. 1040 – 8 August 1086) was count of Luxembourg (1059–1086), succeeding his father, Giselbert.

Conrad was embroiled in an argument with the archbishop of Trier as to the abbaye Saint-Maximin in Trier which he had avowed. The archbishop excommunicated him and Conrad had to make honourable amends and set out on pilgrimage for Jerusalem to have his excommunication lifted. He died in Italy on the return journey.

Conrad founded the Orval Abbey in 1070 with Count Arnold I of Chiny and the Altmünster Abbey in 1083.

His nephew was Hézelon de Liège, canon and architect of the church of Cluny Abbey (Cluny III [fr]).

Marriage and issue

Around 1075, Conrad married Clementia (1060–1142), daughter of Duke William VII of Aquitaine and of Ermesinde. They had:

Matilda (1070 † ), married Godefroy (1075 † ), Count of Bleisgau
Henry III († 1096), Count of Luxembourg
Rudolph († 1099), abbot of Saint-Vannes at Verdun
Conrad, cité en 1080
Adalbero, (d. 1098 in Antioch), Archdeacon of Metz, travelled to the Holy Land as part of the army of Godfrey of Bouillon, where he was executed by the Turks
Ermesinde (1075 † 1143), married
1. in 1096 to Albert II († 1098), count of Egisheim and of Dagsbourg,
2. in 1101 to Godefroy (1067 † 1139), count of Namur. They were parents of Henry IV of Luxembourg
William I (1081 † 1131), Count of Luxembourg, married Matilda of Beichlingen

References

Gades 1951, p. 55.
^ Gades 1951, p. 54-56.
Gades 1951, p. 57.
Gades 1951, p. 56.
Dewez, Marie. "Hézelon". Dictionnaire des wallons (in French). Walloon Region. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
Jackman 2012, p. 51,56.
Gades 1951, p. 58.
Jackman 2012, p. 65.
Gades 1951, p. 59.

Sources

Gades, John A. (1951). Luxembourg in the Middle Ages. Brill.
Jackman, Donald C. (2012). The Kleeberg Fragment of the Gleiberg County. Editions Enplage.

Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg Elder House of LuxemburgBorn: 1040 Died: 8 August 1086
Preceded byGiselbert	Count of Luxembourg 1059–1086	Succeeded byHenry III

Monarchs of Luxembourg

County of Luxemburg (963–1354)

Elder House of Luxembourg (963–1136)	Siegfried (963–998) Henry I (998–1026) Henry II (1026–1047) Giselbert (1047–1059) Conrad I (1059–1086) Henry III (1086–1096) William I (1096–1131) Conrad II (1131–1136)
House of Namur (1136–1189)	Henry IV (1136–1189)
House of Hohenstaufen (1196–1197)	Otto (1196–1197)
House of Namur (1197–1247)	Ermesinde (1197–1247), with Theobald (1197–1214), and then Waleran (1214–1226)
House of Limburg (1247–1354)	Henry V (1247–1281) Henry VI (1281–1288) Henry VII (1288–1313) John I (1313–1346) Charles I (1346–1353) Wenceslaus I (1353–1354)

Duchy of Luxemburg (1354–1794)

House of Limburg (1354–1443)	Wenceslaus I (1354–1383) Wenceslaus II (1383–1388) Jobst (1388–1411) Elisabeth (1411–1443) with Anthony (1411–1415), and then John II (1418–1425)
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House of Wittelsbach (1712–1713)	Maximilian II (1712–1713)
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House of Habsburg-Lorraine (1780–1794)	Joseph (1780–1790) Leopold (1790–1792) Francis (1792–1794)

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (since 1815)

House of Orange-Nassau (1815–1890)	William I (1815–1840) William II (1840–1849) William III (1849–1890)
House of Nassau-Weilburg (1890–present)	Adolphe (1890–1905) William IV (1905–1912) Marie-Adélaïde (1912–1919) Charlotte (1919–1964) Jean (1964–2000) Henri (since 2000)

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