Rulers of Thuringia
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Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
, an historical and political region of Central Germany
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Kings of Thuringia
- 450–500 BisinusBisinusBisinus, Basinus, Besinus, or Bisin was the king of the Thuringii .According to Gregory of Tours, he supplied refuge to Childeric I, the Frankish king who was exiled by his own people...
- 500–530 Baderich
- 500–530 Berthachar
- 500–531 Herminafried
- fl. 540 Fisud
- Conquered by the FranksFranksThe Franks were a confederation of Germanic tribes first attested in the third century AD as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River. From the third to fifth centuries some Franks raided Roman territory while other Franks joined the Roman troops in Gaul. Only the Salian Franks formed a...
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Frankish dukes of Thuringia
Merovingian dukes- 632-642 Radulf IRadulf, King of ThuringiaRadulf was the Duke of Thuringia from 632 or 633 until his death after 642.According to the Chronicle of Fredegar, he was a son of one Chamar, a Frankish aristocrat, and rose to power under the Merovingian king Dagobert I, who appointed him as dux in the former Thuringian kingdom which Francia...
, "King of Thuringia" after 641 - 642-687 Heden I
- 687-689 Gozbert
- 689-719 Heden IIHedan IIHeden, Hedan, or Hetan II , called the Younger, was the Duke of Thuringia, one of the "older" stem duchies , from around 700 until his death...
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Carolingian dukes
- 849-873 ThachulfThachulf, Duke of ThuringiaThacholf, Thachulf, Thaculf, or Thakulf was the Duke of Thuringia from 849 until his death. He held the titles of comes and dux and he ruled over a marca...
, Margrave of the Sorbian MarchSorbian MarchThe Sorb March was a frontier district on the eastern border of East Francia in the 9th through 11th centuries. It was composed of several counties bordering the Sorbs. The Sorbian march seems to have comprised the eastern part of Thuringia.... - 874-880 Radulf IIRadulf II, Duke of ThuringiaRadulf or Ratolf was the Duke of Thuringia from 874 until his death. Radulf was the successor and possibly son of Thachulf.On Thachulf's death in August 873, the Sorbs, Siusli, and their neighbours revolted...
, son - 880-892 PoppoPoppo, Duke of ThuringiaPoppo II or Boppo II was the Duke of Thuringia from 880 until his deposition in 892. His title was dux Sorabici or dux Thuringorum, sometimes marchio . Before that his title was comes ....
, House of Babenberg, dux Thuringorum in 892, deposed- 882-886 EginoEgino, Duke of ThuringiaEgino was a count in East Franconia and Duke of Thuringia in the late 9th century. He was a Babenberg, the younger brother of Henry of Franconia and Poppo of Thuringia. All three may have been the sons or grandsons of Poppo of Grapfeld....
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- 882-886 Egino
- 892-906 ConradConrad, Duke of ThuringiaConrad , called the Old or the Elder, was the Duke of Thuringia from 892 until his death. He was the namesake of the Conradiner family and son of Udo of Neustria. His mother was a daughter of Conrad I of Logenahe . He was the count of the Oberlahngau , Hessengau , Gotzfeldgau , Wetterau , and...
, ancestor of the Conradiner dynasty - 907-908 BurchardBurchard, Duke of ThuringiaBurchard was the Duke of Thuringia from shortly after 892 until his death. He replaced Poppo as duke shortly after his appointment in 892, but the reasons for Poppo's leaving office are unknown. Burchard may have been a Swabian.In 908 he led a large army in battle against the Magyars...
, last duke, killed in battle against the HungariansHistory of HungaryHungary is a country in central Europe. Its history under this name dates to the early Middle Ages, when the Pannonian Basin was colonized by the Magyars, a semi-nomadic people from what is now central-northern Russia...
Margraves of Thuringia
- 1000-1002 Eckard IEckard I, Margrave of MeissenEckard I was Margrave of Meissen from 985 until his death, the first margrave of the Ekkehardinger family that dominated Meissen until the extinction of the line in 1046.-Life:...
, Margrave of Meissen since 985, assassinated - 1002-1003 William II, Count of WeimarWeimarWeimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...
- 1046-1062 William IVWilliam, Margrave of MeissenWilliam IV was the count of Weimar and Orlamünde after the death of his father, William III. In 1046, Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen, died and willed his margraviate to the Emperor Henry III. The emperor received it and promptly granted it to William, who, through the second marriage of his mother...
, grandson, Margrave of Meissen - 1062-1067 OttoOtto I, Margrave of MeissenOtto I was the Margrave of Meissen from 1062 until his death, the second margrave of the family of the counts of Weimar and Orlamünde. He was a younger son of Weimar III of Weimar and Oda, daughter of Thietmar, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark. He inherited Orlamünde from his father in 1039 and...
, brother, Margrave of Meissen - 1067-1090 Egbert IIEgbert II, Margrave of MeissenEgbert II was Count of Brunswick and Margrave of Meissen. He was the eldest son of the Margrave Egbert I of the Brunonen family.Still a minor, he succeeded his father on the latter's death 11 January 1068 in Brunswick and Meissen...
, son-in-law, Count of BrunswickCounty of BrunswickThe County of Brunswick was a county in the medieval Duchy of Saxony. It existed from about the 9th century until 1235, when it was raised to a duchy, the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg....
from the BrunonenBrunonenThe Brunonen were a Saxon noble family in the 10th and 11th centuries, who owned property in Eastphalia and Frisia....
dynasty, killed in 1090, line extinct
Winzenburger
- 1111/1112-1122 Hermann I of Radelberg-WinzenburgWinzenburgWinzenburg is a municipality in the district of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. It comprises four smaller communities, including the village of Winzenburg, which dates from the Middle Ages. Winzenburg is located in the Leinebergland to the north of Bad Gandersheim, between the national parks...
(died 1122) - 1122-1130 Hermann II of Winzenburg, son, assassinated in 1152
Ludowinger
- 1031-1056 Louis the Bearded
- 1056-1123 Louis the Springer
- 1123-1140 Louis I (first Landgrave from 1131)
- 1140-1172 Louis II
- 1172-1190 Louis III
- 1190-1217 Hermann I
- 1217-1227 Louis IV
- 1227-1241 Hermann II
- 1241-1242 Henry Raspe
House of Wettin
- 1242-1265 Henry the IllustriousHenry III, Margrave of MeissenHenry III, called Henry the Illustrious from the House of Wettin was Margrave of Meissen and last Margrave of Lusatia from 1221 until his death; from 1242 also Landgrave of Thuringia.-Life:Born probably at the Albrechtsburg residence in Meissen, Henry was the youngest son of Margrave Theodoric I...
, Margrave of Meissen and Lusatia since 1221 - 1265-1294 Albert the DegenerateAlbert II, Margrave of MeissenAlbert II, the Degenerate was a Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia and Count Palatine of Saxony...
, son, Margrave of Meissen from 1288 until 1292, sold Thuringia to - 1294-1298 Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of Germany (not Wettin)
- 1298-1307 Albert of HabsburgAlbert I of GermanyAlbert I of Habsburg was King of the Romans and Duke of Austria, the eldest son of German King Rudolph I of Habsburg and his first wife Gertrude of Hohenburg.-Life:...
, King of Germany (not Wettin) - 1298-1307 Diezmann, Margrave of Lusatia from 1291 until 1303
- 1298-1323 Frederick IFrederick I, Margrave of MeissenFrederick I, called the Brave or the Bitten was margrave of Meissen and landgrave of Thuringia.-Life:...
- 1323-1349 Frederick II
- 1349-1381 Frederick III
- 1349-1382 William IWilliam I, Margrave of MeissenWilliam I, the one-eyed, was Margrave of Meissen. His surname is related to the legend that Saint Benno appeared to him because of his disputes with the Church in a dream and he had an eye gouged out.- Life :William was the son of Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen and Mathilde of Bavaria...
- 1349-1406 BalthasarBalthasar, Landgrave of ThuringiaLandgrave Balthasar of Thuringia was Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia from the House of Wettin.- Life :Balthasar was the second son of Frederick the Serious...
- 1406-1440 Frederick IV
- 1440-1445 Frederick VFrederick II, Elector of SaxonyFrederick II was Elector of Saxony and was Landgrave of Thuringia .-Biography:...
- 1445-1482 William II
- 1482-1485 AlbertAlbert, Duke of SaxonyAlbert III was a Duke of Saxony. He was nicknamed Albert the Bold or Albert the Courageous and founded the Albertine line of the House of Wettin....
- 1482-1486 ErnestErnest, Elector of SaxonyErnst, Elector of Saxony was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486.-Biography:Ernst was founder of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes, ancestor of George I of Great Britain, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, as well as his wife and cousin Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and their...
- 1486-1525 Frederick VIFrederick III, Elector of SaxonyFrederick III of Saxony , also known as Frederick the Wise , was Elector of Saxony from 1486 to his death. Frederick was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria...
- 1525-1532 JohnJohn, Elector of SaxonyJohn of Saxony , known as John the Steadfast or John the Constant, was Elector of Saxony from 1525 until 1532...
- 1532-1547 John Frederick IJohn Frederick, Elector of SaxonyJohn Frederick I of Saxony , called John the Magnanimous, was Elector of Saxony and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany , "Champion of the Reformation".-Early years:...
- 1542-1553 John ErnestJohn Ernest, Duke of Saxe-CoburgJohn Ernest was a Duke of Saxe-Coburg.John Ernest was born in Coburg as the third son of John, Elector of Saxony, and his second wife Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen...
- 1554-1566 John Frederick IIJohn Frederick II, Duke of SaxonyJohn Frederick II of Saxony , was duke of Saxony, and briefly, Elector of Saxony .He was the eldest son of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, and Sybille of Cleves.-Reign and military ambitions:...
- 1554-1572 John WilliamJohn William, Duke of Saxe-WeimarJohn William , was a duke of Saxe-Weimar. He was also the last Duke of Saxony and Landgrave of Thuringia.He was the second son of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, and Sybille of Cleves....