CONRAD H., called the Salk, duke of Franconia, was elected king of Germany after the death of Henry H., in 1024. He annexed the vast dominions of Burgundy to the German confederation, forced the king of Poland to do homage for Silesia, and ceded the duchy of Schleswig to Canute, king of Denmark, as a fief, on the same con dition. The great feudal nobles of Italy were at variance among themselves and with the towns. They had acknowledged the princes of the House of Saxony fur their kings, and Conrad their successor crossed the Alpe to enforce a like submission. lie was crowned king of Italy at Monza by Heribert, archbishop of Milan, in 1026, after which he convoked a general diet of Lombardy iu the plain of Ron caglia, near the Po, not far from Piacenza. In this diet he regulated the feudal legislation of Italy, the jurisdiction of the great feudatories, the successions, &c. He then proceeded to Rome, where he was crowned in 1027 by Pope John XIX., as emperor and king of the Roman; with the titles of Caesar and Augustus : his wife, Gisela, was crowned empress at the name time. Two kings, Rudolf III. of Burgundy and Canute of Denmark, were present ai the ceremony.
Rudolf of Burgundy having died iu 1033, the crown of that kingdom devolved upon Henry, Conrad's son, and Rudolfs nephew by his mother ; but it was not without a war that Conrad secured his son's inheritance. About 1035 there was a general rising in Lombardy of the vassals, or rib-feudatories, against the great lords, secular and clerical, and especially against the archbishop of Milan. A battle wa' fought between Milan and Lodi, in which the archbishop was defeated, and the bishop of Asti was killed. In 1036 Conrad marched bits Italy with an army to quell the disturbances; he deposed Heriberl and imprisoned him, hut the people of Milan rose in favour of theim archbishop, and resisted all the forces of the emperor. During the wo years that Conrad passed in Italy he visited Rome and Monte ;asino, deposed Pandolfo, prince of Capua, and gave the principality o his brother. A pestilence having spread among the imperial mops in 1038, Conrad returned into Germany, and in June 1839 died t Utrecht. He was succeeded by his son, Henry III.