Conrad II (990?-1039), king of Germany (1024-1039) and Holy Roman emperor (1027-1039), a descendant of Emperor Otto I, the Great. Before his election as emperor, Conrad was duke of Franconia. When Henry II, the last of the Saxon emperors, died in 1024, Conrad was chosen to succeed him as king of the Germans. Conrad was crowned Holy Roman emperor by the pope in 1027. Before his coronation he suppressed rebellions in northern Italy, and in 1026 he was crowned king of the Lombards. During his reign the boundaries of the empire were increased by his inheritance of the kingdom of Burgundy from its last ruler, Rudolf III. Conrad died while trying to suppress a second rebellion in northern Italy. He transmitted his power to his son, who became emperor as Henry III. Conrad's descendants, known as the Franconian, or Salian, dynasty, ruled the empire until 1125.