Editing Conrad IV of Germany (section)

==Early years==
He was the second child, but only surviving son of Emperor [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]] and [[Isabella II of Jerusalem|Isabella II (Yolanda)]], the [[queen regnant]] of [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]]. Born in [[Andria]], in the South Italian [[Kingdom of Sicily]], his mother died shortly after giving birth to him and he succeeded her as monarch of the [[Crusader states|Crusader state]] of Jerusalem. By his father, Conrad was the grandson of the Hohenstaufen emperor [[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry VI]] and great-grandson of Emperor [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick Barbarossa]]. He lived in Southern Italy until 1235, when he first visited the [[Kingdom of Germany]]. During this period his kingdom of Jerusalem, ruled by his father as regent through proxies, was [[War of the Lombards|racked by civil war]] until Conrad declared his majority and his father's regency lost its validity.

In 1235, Conrad was betrothed to a daughter of Duke [[Otto II of Bavaria]]. She died before the marriage could take place, but Conrad later married her sister.<ref>''[[Annales sancti Rudberti Salisburgenses]]'': "Imperator filiam ducis Bawane fibo suo adolescento desponsavit; que non post multum temporis defuncta est." See Alan V. Murray (1986), "Reinbot von Durne's Der heilige Georg as Crusading Literature", ''Forum for Modern Language Studies'' '''22''' (2): 172–173 and n8.</ref>