Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal

Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal
Spouse(s)	Constance of Greater Poland
Noble family	House of Ascania
Father	John I, Margrave of Brandenburg
Mother	Sophia of Denmark
Born	c. 1240
Died	1304
Buried	Chorin Abbey

Margrave Conrad I of Brandenburg (c. 1240 – 1304) was a member of the House of Ascania and a co-ruler of Brandenburg.

Life

Conrad I was the fourth of six children of Margrave John I of Brandenburg and his wife Sophia, daughter of King Valdemar II of Denmark. He was 26 years old when, in 1266, his father died and he and his elder brothers John II and Otto IV became co-rulers of Brandenburg.

Conrad went on to rule in the newly acquired Neumark part of Brandenburg east of the Oder River, though he rarely appeared on the political scene. On one occasion, he assisted his brother Otto IV, when they allied with Duke Mestwin II of Pomerelia according to the 1269 Treaty of Arnswalde, occupying the Pomerelian city of Gdańsk and gaining the Pomeranian territory around Rügenwalde.

He died in 1304 and was buried beside his wife in Chorin Abbey. There is an entry in the register at Chorin as follows:

Anno 1304 ist zu Sched (?) gestorben Markgraf Conrad (I.) Churfürst zu Brandenburg und ist allhier begraben.

— Theodor Fontane, Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg^[1]

Anno 1304 Margrave Conrad (I), Elector in Brandenburg died at Sched (?) and was buried here.

Marriage and issue

Conrad was married to Constance of Poznań (d. 1281), daughter of the Piast duke Przemysł I of Greater Poland. Together they had four children:

• John IV (c. 1261 – 1305)
• Otto VII (d. 1308), Knight Templar
• Waldemar (c. 1280 – 14 August 1319 in Bärwalde)
• Agnes (d. 1329) married in 1300 with Prince Albert I of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. 1316)

Ancestors

Ancestors of Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal

16. Albert the Bear               8. Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg                       17. Sophie of Winzenburg               4. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg                             18. Floris III, Count of Holland               9. Ada of Holland                       19. Ada of Huntingdon               2. John I, Margrave of Brandenburg                                   20. Dedi III, Margrave of Lusatia               10. Conrad II, Margrave of Lusatia                       21. Matilda of Heinsberg               5. Matilda of Groitzsch                             22. Mieszko III the Old               11. Elisabeth of Poland                       23. Elisabeth of Hungary               1. Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal                                         24. Canute Lavard               12. Valdemar I of Denmark                       25. Ingeborg of Kiev               6. Valdemar II of Denmark                             26. Volodar of Minsk               13. Sophia of Minsk                       27. Richeza of Poland               3. Sophie of Denmark                                   28. Alfonso I of Portugal               14. Sancho I of Portugal                       29. Maud of Savoy               7. Berengaria of Portugal                             30. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona               15. Dulce of Aragon                       31. Petronilla of Aragon

References

• Andreas Thiele: Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europäischen Geschichte. Deutsche Kaiser-, Königs-, Herzogs- und Grafenhäuser, vol I, part 1, table 223

External links

• Entry in the database of the University of Erlangen

Footnotes

1. Theodor Fontane: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, in: Jutta Neuendorff-Fürstenau (ed.): Theodor-Fontane-Gesamtausgabe, part 2, Hanser Verlag, 1987, p. 91