Conrad I (c. 1040 – 8 August 1086) was

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(1059–1086), succeeding his father

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. He was embroiled in an argument with the

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to have his excommunication lifted. He died in Italy on the return journey. He founded the

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in 1070 with Count

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and the

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in 1083.

Marriage and issue

Around 1075 he married

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(1060–1142), daughter of Duke

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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 *

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. They were parents of

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(1081 † 1131), Count of Luxembourg, married Matilda of Beichlingen

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* * 1040s births 1086 deaths Year of birth uncertain People temporarily excommunicated by the Catholic Church Counts of Luxembourg House of Luxembourg {{Luxembourg-bio-stub