Conrad Cono(n) () (died 997) was the

Margrave of Ivrea The March of Ivrea was a large frontier county (march) in the northwest of the medieval Italian kingdom from the late 9th to the early 11th century. Its capital was Ivrea in present-day Piedmont, and it was held by a Burgundian family of marg ...

from 970 to his death and Duke of Spoleto and Camerino (996–997). He was the third son of

Berengar II of Italy Berengar II ( 900 – 4 August 966) was the king of Italy from 950 until his deposition in 961. He was a scion of the Anscarid and Unruoching dynasties, and was named after his maternal grandfather, Berengar I. He succeeded his father as ma ...

and

Willa of Tuscany Willa, known as Willa of Tuscany (911/912–970), was a medieval noblewoman. By birth, she was a member of the Bosonids, Bosonid noble dynasty. By marriage to Berengar II of Italy she was Countess of March of Ivrea, Ivrea from 930 to 963, and Lis ...

. His elder brothers were

Adalbert Adalbert is a German given name which means "noble bright" or "noble shining", derived from the words ''adal'' (meaning noble) and ''berht'' (shining or bright). Alternative spellings include Adelbart, Adelbert and Adalberto. Derivative names incl ...

and

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, both of whom ruled the march before him. His father made him, possibly, the first Count of

Ventimiglia Ventimiglia (; , ; ; ) is a resort town in the province of Imperia, Liguria, northern Italy. It is located west of Genoa, and from the French-Italian border, on the Gulf of Genoa, having a small harbour at the mouth of the Roia river, w ...

.Lightly probable: already adult in 957, count of Milan, the pretended son Corrado de Ventimiglia live in 980–1040: Karl Uhlirz,''Jahrbücher des Deutschen Reiches unter Otto II. und Otto III'', Berlin: Verlag Duncker & Humblot, 1967, 2., pp. 76, 216. According to the ''Gesta Mediolanensium'', Conrad made peace with the Germans under

Otto I Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), known as Otto the Great ( ) or Otto of Saxony ( ), was East Francia, East Frankish (Kingdom of Germany, German) king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the eldest son o ...

when his father and brothers did not. For this he was created count of Milan in 957. On 12 September 962, Otto granted land in the counties of

Modena Modena (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It has 184,739 inhabitants as of 2025. A town, and seat of an archbis ...

and

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that had formerly belonged to him and his brother Guy to the

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. Otto installed him as margrave of Ivrea in 970, following his abandonment of his brother Adalbert. Sometime before 987, Conrad married Richilda, daughter of

Arduin Glaber Arduin Glaber (,'' Glabrione'', or'' il Glabro'', meaning "the Bald"; died c. 977) was count of Auriate from c. 935, count of Turin from c. 941/942, and Margrave of Turin from c. 950/964. He placed his dynasty, the Arduinici, on a firm foundatio ...

, thus confirming an alliance with the neighbouring

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. Sometime around 990, he passed Ivrea along to his relative

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997 deaths Anscarids Margraves of Ivrea Year of birth unknown 10th-century dukes of Spoleto Sons of kings {{Europe-royal-stub