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and both were reconciled. Conrad retained his estates; however, he never regained the ducal title. In 954 he participated in a successful campaign of
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by his son and heir Otto. This kind of extraordinary burial was at this time a privilege of bishops and kings. Conrad was the great-grandfather of
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208:Hunfriding
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385:Uckerland
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184:Werner V
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