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Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg (c. 1040 – 8 August 1086) was count of Luxembourg (1059–1086), succeeding his father Giselbert of Luxembourg.
He was embroiled in an argument with the archbishop of Trier as to the abbaye Saint-Maximin in Trier which he had avowed. The archbishop excommunicated him Conrad had to make honourable amends and set out on pilgrimage for Jerusalem. He died in Italy on the return journey.
He founded many abbeys:
- the abbaye d'Orval in 1070, with Arnoul I, count of Chiny.
- a Benedictine convent in Munster in 1083
Marriage and issue
Around 1075 he married Clementia (1060 † 1142), suggested to have been daughter of Pierre-Guillaume VII, duke of Aquitaine and of Ermesinde. They had :
- Henri III († 1086), comte à Luxembourg
- Konrad, cité en 1080
- Mathilde (1070 † ), married Godefroy (1075 † ), comte de Bleisgau
- Rodolphe († 1099), abbot of Saint-Vannes at Verdun
- Ermesinde (1075 † 1143), married
- in 1096 to Albert II († 1098), count of Egisheim and of Dagsbourg,
- in 1101 to Godefroy (1067 † 1139), count of Namur. They were parents of Henry IV of Luxembourg
- William I (1081 † 1131), count of Luxembourg
Preceded by
Giselbertcount of Luxembourg
1059–1086Succeeded by
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(since 1890)Adolphe (1890–1905) · William IV (1905–1912) · Marie-Adélaïde (1912–1919) · Charlotte (1919–1964) · Jean (1964–2000) · Henri (since 2000)Categories:- 1040 births
- 1086 deaths
- People excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church
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