Conrad, Count Of Walbeck
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Conrad (1018–1073), Count of Walbeck and Viscount (Burggraf) of Magdeburg, son of Friedrick, Count of Walbeck, and Thietburga. There is little known about Conrad's reign. The name of the wife is not known. They had only one recorded daughter: * Mathilde, married to Dietrich, Count of Plötzkau, and mother of Helperich, Margrave of the Nordmark. Conrad was the last Count of Walbeck with the position transitioning to the
Margraves of the Nordmark The Northern March or North March (, ) was created out of the division of the vast ''Marca Geronis'' in 965. It initially comprised the northern third of the ''Marca'' (roughly corresponding to the modern state of Brandenburg) and was part of the ...
. He was succeeded as Viscount of Magdeburg by Hermann von Sponheim, son of
Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim Siegfried I (c. 1010 – 7 February 1065) is considered the progenitor of the Duchy of Carinthia, Carinthian ducal House of Sponheim (''Spanheimer'') and all of its lateral branches, including the Counts of Laufen, Germany, Lebenau and the Counts ...
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Sources

* Warner, David A., ''Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg'', Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2001 * Grosse, Walther, ''Die Grafen von Walbeck''. In: Harz-Zeitschrift, 1952 Counts in Germany 1018 births 1073 deaths