Conrad I of Germany

Conrad I
Conrad's seal
King of East Francia
Reign10 November 911 – 23 December 918
PredecessorLouis the Child
SuccessorHenry the Fowler
Duke of Franconia
Reign27 February 906 – 23 December 918
PredecessorConrad the Elder
SuccessorEberhard of Franconia
Bornc. 881
Died23 December 918
Weilburg Castle
Burial
ConsortCunigunde of Swabia
HouseConradines
FatherConrad, Duke of Thuringia
MotherGlismut

Conrad I (German: Konrad; c. 881 – 23 December 918), called the Younger, was the king of East Francia from 911 to 918. He was the first king not of the Carolingian dynasty, the first to be elected by the nobility and the first to be anointed.[1] He was chosen as the king by the rulers of the East Frankish stem duchies after the death of young King Louis the Child. Ethnically Frankish, prior to this election he had ruled the Duchy of Franconia from 906.