now head of the wettin dynasty, conrad saw his aspirations fulfilled. he succeeded henry ii as count of eilenburg and also claimed lusatia and meissen. however, that same year, emperor henry v enfeoffed count wiprecht of groitzsch with both marches. furious conrad forged an alliance with the saxon duke lothair of supplinburg and with the support of several local nobles expelled wiprecht. duke lothair ignored the imperial bestowal and appointed conrad margrave of meissen; he also named the ascanian count albert the bear margrave of lusatia. as wiprecht was unable to hold his own against his two opponents, conrad was securely in power in meissen by wiprecht's death in may 1124.