Conrad I was the Duke of Merania

Duke of Merania

The Duchy of Merania was a short-lived Estate of the Holy Roman Empire existing from 1153 until 1248. It was also called the Duchy of Dalmatia as it covered the northern Dalmatian seacoast...

, (or Dalmatia), now in present day Italy

Italy

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, from 1153 until his death. Thitherto he had been the advocate

Vogt

A Vogt ; plural Vögte; Dutch voogd; Danish foged; ; ultimately from Latin [ad]vocatus) in the Holy Roman Empire was the German title of a reeve or advocate, an overlord exerting guardianship or military protection as well as secular justice...

 of St Andreas at Freising

Freising

Freising is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district Freising. Total population 48,500.The city is located north of Munich at the Isar river, near the Munich International Airport...

 since 1150 and Count of Dachau (as Conrad II) from 1152.

Conrad was the elder of two sons of Conrad I of Dachau. Conrad inherited Dachau from his father and lands in Dalmatia which had formerly been the March of Carniola

March of Carniola

The March of Carniola was a southeastern state of the Holy Roman Empire in the High Middle Ages, the predecessor of the Duchy of Carniola. It corresponded roughly to the central Carniolan region of present-day Slovenia...

 from his mother, Willibirg, who had inherited them from Adelaide, daughter of Poppo II of Carniola

Poppo II of Carniola

Poppo II was the Margrave of Carniola from 1070 and Margrave of Istria from 1096 to his death. He was the son and successor of Ulric I. His mother was Sophia, a daughter of Bela I of Hungary. He was thus of royal blood....

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