Archbishop Aribo crowns Conrad King of Germany in Mainz Cathedral on September 8, 1024.

Conrad II thus becomes the first member of the Salian, or Franconian, dynasty of German kings.

Archbishop Aribo, as Archbishop of Mainz, is already the chancellor of Germany but, in gratitude for his electoral support, is appointed by Conrad as chancellor of Italy as well, making Aribo the second most powerful man in the Holy Roman Empire as the Imperial Chancellor.

Aribo refuses to crown Conrad's wife Gisela as queen due to their close blood relation being a violation of canon law, but Conrad refuses to accept this.

Gislela had first married Bruno I, Count of Brunswick, in 1002.

Her second marriage was to Ernest I, Duke of Swabia, who had inherited Swabia through her at the death of Gisela's brother, Herman III.

After his death in 1015, she had become regent for their son Ernest II.

She had then then been removed from the regency on grounds of her being too closely related to her late husband.

Her third marriage, in 1016 or 1017, had been to Conrad.

Archbishop Pilgrim of Cologne sees the situation as an opportunity to restore his relationship with the king after refusing to support his election and crowns Gisela as Empress of Germany on September 21, 1024.

Pilgrim’s political reorientation also weakens the opposition towards the new king.