  conrad of montferrat (or conrad i of jerusalem) (italian: corrado del monferrato; piedmontese: conrÃ  Ã«d monfrÃ ) (mid-1140s â 28 april 1192) was a northern italian nobleman, one of the major participants in the third crusade. he was the de facto king of jerusalem, by marriage, from 24 november 1190, but officially elected only in 1192, days before his death. he was also marquis of montferrat from 1191.marquisate of montferrat ==early life== conrad was the second son of marquis william v of montferrat, "the elder", and his wife judith of babenberg. he was a first cousin of frederick barbarossa, holy roman emperor, as well as louis vii of france and leopold v of austria. conrad was born in montferrat, which is now a region of piedmont, in northwest italy. the exact place and year are unknown. he is first mentioned in a charter in 1160, when serving at the court of his maternal uncle, conrad, bishop of passau, later archbishop of salzburg. (he may have been named after him, or after his mother's half-brother, conrad iii of germany.) a handsome man, with great personal courage and intelligence, he was described in the brevis historia occupationis et amissionis terrÃ¦ sanctÃ¦ ("a short history of the occupation and loss of the holy land"): {{quote|text=conrad was vigorous in arms, extremely clever both in natural mental ability and by learning, amiable in character and deed, endowed with all the human virtues, supreme in ev
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