  the salian dynasty [german: salier] was a dynasty in the high middle ages of four german kings (1024â1125), also known as the frankish dynasty after the family's origin and role as dukes of franconia. all of these kings were also crowned holy roman emperor (1027â1125): the term  'salic dynasty' also applies to the holy roman empire as a separate term. after the death of the last saxon of the ottonian dynasty in 1024, first the elected german king and then three years later the elected position of holy roman emperor both passed to the first monarch of the salian dynasty in the person of conrad ii, the only son of count henry of speyer and adelheid of alsace (both territories in the franconia of the day). he was elected german king in 1024 and crowned emperor of the holy roman empire on 26 march 1027. the four salian kings of the dynasty &mdash; conrad ii, henry iii, henry iv, and henry v &mdash; ruled the holy roman empire from 1027 to 1125, and firmly established their monarchy as a major european power. they achieved the development of a permanent administrative system based on a class of public officials answerable to the crown. ==origins== thumb|right|salian family tree werner of worms and his son duke conrad the red of lorraine, who died in 955, founded the ancestral dynasty. conrad the red married liutgarde, a daughter of emperor otto i, their son otto i, duke of carinthia ruled carinthia from 978 to 1004. duke otto had three sons: bruno, who became pope gregory v; conrad; and henry, count of speyer. henry was the father of the first salian emperor conrad ii. pope leo ix (in office 1049 to 1054) also had family ties to the dynasty, since his grandfather hugo iii was the brother of adelheid, the grandmother of henry iii. ==ruling in the holy roman empire== after the death of the last saxon emperor henry ii the first salian regent conrad ii was elected by the majority of the prince-electors and was crowned german king in mainz on 8 september 1024. early in 1026 conrad went to milan, where ariberto, archbishop of milan, crowned him king of italy. when rudolph iii, king of burgundy died 1032, conrad ii also claimed this kingship on the basis of an inheritance henry ii had extorted from the former in 100
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