Conrad I, called the Peaceful (French: Conrad le Pacifique; German: Konrad der Friedfertige; Latin: Conradus; c. 925 – 19 October 993), a member of the Elder House of Welf, was King of Burgundy from 937 until his death.
Denier of Conrad, with cross pattée and tower surmounted by cross, with Latin text CONRADVS and LUCDVNVS (Lyon).
According to the chronicler Ekkehard IV, in a story that is probably apocryphal, when Conrad learned that both the Magyars and the Saracens of Fraxinetum were marching against him, he sent envoys to both armies warning them of the other. The envoys offered Burgundian aid to each invader against the other and then informed them of the other's whereabouts. When the Magyars and Saracens met, the Burgundians held back and only attacked when the opposing forces were spent. In this way, both invading armies were destroyed and the captives sold into slavery.[2][3]
He married firstly, Adelaide of Bellay. They were parents to at least one daughter:[4]
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