CONRAD I. (d. 918), German king, son of Conrad, count of Lahngau. When Louis the Child died, in 911, Conrad was chosen German king at Forchheim on Nov. 8, 91i, owing to the efforts of Hatto I., archbishop of Mainz, and to the reputation he appears to have won in wat and peace alike. He found the unity of Germany threatened by the Magyars and the Normans from without, and by the growing power of the stem-duchies from within. He failed to bring Lorraine into subjection, and was equally unsuccessful in his struggle with Henry, duke of Saxony, afterwards King Henry the Fowler. He died on Sept. 23, 918, and was buried at Fulda. He named his former enemy, Henry of Saxony, as his successor.