Conrad III and the women of Weinsburg. When King Conrad III defeated the Duke of Welf in 1140 and placed Weinsberg under siege, the wives of the besieged castle negotiated a surrender which granted them the right to leave with whatever they could carry on their shoulders. The king allowed them that much. Leaving everything else aside, each woman took her own husband on her shoulders and carried him out. Conrad III, 1093 – 1152. First King of Germany of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. From Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World, published

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