Conrad II of Raabs ( – ) was from about 1160 until his death

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of the medieval

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Life

Conrad was a count of Raabs, a family of

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nobility, named after their first castle,

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. Conrad II was a son of Conrad I of Raabs, who had been

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around 1105 with the

, together with his older brother Gottfried II. Gottfried II's son

Gottfried III of Raabs Gottfried is a masculine German given name. It is derived from the Old High German name , recorded since the 7th century, and composed of the elements (conflated from the etyma for "God" and "good", and possibly further conflated with ) and ("pe ...

was expressly referred to with the title ''burggravius de Norinberg'' in 1154. Around 1160, Conrad II succeeded Gottfried III as Burgrave. Conrad II did not have a male heir, and when he died around 1191, the male line of the Counts of Raabs died out. The Burgraviate of Nuremberg was inherited by is son-in-law,

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of Zollern, who had married Conrad II's daughter, Sophia of Raabs. Emperor Henry VI probably enfeoffed Frederick I as Burgrave of Nuremberg.

References

* Sigmund Benker and Andraes Kraus (eds.): ''Geschichte Frankens bis zum Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts'', Founded by Max Spindler, 3rd ed., Beck, Munich, 1997, * Norbert Angermann, ''et al.'' (editors and consultants): ''Lexikon des Mittelalters'', vol. 6, Artemis & Winkler Verlag, Munich 1993, Burgraves of Nuremberg House of Raabs 12th-century births 1190s deaths 12th-century German nobility Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain {{Germany-noble-stub