Conrad II, Duke Of Merania
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Conrad II (died 8 October 1182) was the
Duke of Merania The Duchy of Merania was a fiefdom of the Holy Roman Empire from 1152 until 1248. The dukes of Merania were recognised as princes of the Empire enjoying imperial immediacy at a time when these concepts were just coming into use to distinguish the ...
(or Dalmatia) from 1159 until his death. He became Count of Dachau (as Conrad III) in 1172. Conrad was the only child of Conrad I, Duke of Merania, and Matilda of Falkenstein. He was only a child when his father died and he inherited Merania. When he came of age, he received Dachau from his uncle . Contemporary documents call him ''dux de Dachawe'' or ''Dachau''. Conrad II was the last
Wittelsbach The House of Wittelsbach () is a former Bavarian dynasty, with branches that have ruled over territories including the Electorate of Bavaria, the Electoral Palatinate, the Electorate of Cologne, County of Holland, Holland, County of Zeeland, ...
duke as he died without heirs and was buried in
Scheyern Scheyern is a municipality in the district of Pfaffenhofen in Bavaria in Germany. The Scheyern Abbey is located in Scheyern. The title the counts of Scheyern originated here (see House of Wittelsbach The House of Wittelsbach () is a fo ...
beside his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Merania passed then to the
House of Andechs The House of Andechs was a feudal line of Bavarian princes in the 12th and 13th centuries. The counts of Dießen-Andechs (1100 to 1180) obtained territories in northern Dalmatia on the Adriatic seacoast, where they became Margraves of Istria and ...
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1182 deaths Dukes of Merania Year of birth unknown {{Italy-noble-stub