Conrad I, called the Peaceful (french: Conrad le Pacifique; german: Konrad der Friedfertige; – 19 October 993), a member of the

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, was King of Burgundy from 937 until his death.

Life

He was the son of King

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, the first ruler over the

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of Upper and

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since 933, and his consort Bertha, a daughter of Duke Burchard II of Swabia. Some sources call him Conrad III, since he was the third Conrad in his family: his great-grandfather was Duke

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, whose father was Count Conrad I. According to the chronicler

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, in a story that is probably apocryphal, when Conrad learned that both the

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and the Saracens of Fraxinetum were marching against him, he sent envoys to both armies warning them of the other. The envoys offered Burgundian aid to each invader against the other and then informed them of the other's whereabouts. When the Magyars and Saracens met, the Burgundians held back and only attacked when the opposing forces were spent. In this way, both invading armies were destroyed and the captives sold into slavery. He married firstly, Adelaide of Bellay. They were parents to at least one daughter: * Gisela (d. 21 July 1006), married Henry II, Duke of Bavaria He married

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by 966, daughter of

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and Gerberga of Saxony. They had at least four children: * Bertha (964 – 16 January 1016), married Odo I, Count of Blois, and then

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*Matilda (born 969), possibly married Robert, Count of Geneva * Rudolph III, King of Burgundy (971 – 6 September 1032) * Gerberga (born 965), married Herman II, Duke of Swabia By his concubine, Aldiud, he had a son: * Burchard, Archbishop of Lyons

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