Konrad Spindleshanks was a Duke of Głogów since 1177 until his death.

He was the third and youngest surviving son of Władysław II the Exile by his wife Agnes of Babenberg

Agnes of Babenberg

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, daughter of Margrave Leopold III of Austria

Leopold III, Margrave of Austria

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 and half-sister of King Conrad III of Germany

Conrad III of Germany

Conrad III was the first King of Germany of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. He was the son of Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, and Agnes, a daughter of the Salian Emperor Henry IV.-Life and reign:...

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Life

Little is known about Konrad's first years of life. He probably was born around 1146 in Altenburg

Altenburg

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, were his family lived in exile after Władysław II's deposition. As the youngest child, he was prepared for an ecclestical career at the Benedictine

Order of Saint Benedict

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 Abbey of Fulda

Fulda

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. He was still a minor in 1163, when his elder brothers Bolesław I the Tall and Mieszko I Tanglefoot, backed by the Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa

Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

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, returned to Poland and received the Duchy of Silesia

Duchy of Silesia

The Duchy of Silesia with its capital at Wrocław was a medieval duchy located in the historic Silesian region of Poland. Soon after it was formed under the Piast dynasty in 1138, it fragmented into various Duchies of Silesia. In 1327 the remaining Duchy of Wrocław as well as most other duchies...

 from their uncle High Duke Bolesław IV the Curly. Konrad probably remained in Germany

Germany

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 at that time.

Bolesław I the Tall and Mieszko I Tanglefoot first ruled jointly but soon came into conflict with each other and in 1173 divided the Duchy. Bolesław then ruled over the larger part of Lower Silesia

Lower Silesia

Lower Silesia ; is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia; Upper Silesia is to the southeast.Throughout its history Lower Silesia has been under the control of the medieval Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy from 1526...

 including Wrocław and Głogów and Mieszko obtained Racibórz

Racibórz

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 and Cieszyn

Cieszyn

Cieszyn is a border-town and the seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has 36,109 inhabitants . Cieszyn lies on the Olza River, a tributary of the Oder river, opposite Český Těšín....

. When Konrad came of age he return to Silesia and also claimed his rights, nevertheless as the quarrels between the brothers continued, it was not until 1177, when Bolesław I the Tall at the instance of the High Duke Casimir II the Just

Casimir II the Just

Casimir II the Just was a Lesser Polish duke at Wiślica during 1166–1173, and at Sandomierz since 1173. He became ruler over the Polish Seniorate Province at Kraków and thereby High Duke of Poland in 1177; a position he held until his death, interrupted once by his elder brother and predecessor...

 ceded the newly established Duchy of Głogów to him.

Konrad had never married and had no children. As he is not mentioned after 1178, he may have died shortly afterwards, although some sources ranked his death aroun 1190. His domains were inherited by his brother Bolesław.