List of rulers of Thuringia

Thuringia is a historical and political region of Central Germany.

Kings of Thuringia

• 450–500 Bisinus
• 500–530 Baderich
• 500–530 Berthachar
• 500–531 Herminafried

Conquered by the Franks.

Frankish dukes of Thuringia

Merovingian dukes

• 632–642 Radulf I, "King of Thuringia" after 641
• 642–687 Heden I
• 687–689 Gozbert
• 689–719 Heden II, son

Carolingian dukes

• 849–873 Thachulf, Margrave of the Sorbian March
• 874–880 Radulf II, son
• 880–892 Poppo, House of Babenberg, dux Thuringorum in 892, deposed
  • 882–886 Egino, brother
• 892–906 Conrad, ancestor of the Conradiner dynasty
• 907–908 Burchard, last duke, killed in battle against the Hungarians

Ruled by the Margraves of Meissen

• 1000–1002 Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen since 985, assassinated
• 1002–1003 William II, Count of Weimar
• 1046–1062 William IV, grandson, Margrave of Meissen
• 1062–1067 Otto, brother, Margrave of Meissen
• 1067–1090 Egbert II, son-in-law, Count of Brunswick from the Brunonen dynasty, killed in 1090, line extinct

Landgraves of Thuringia

Winzenburger

• 1111/1112–1130 Herman I, Count of Winzenburg (deposed in 1130; died in 1138)

Ludovingians

• 1031–1056 Louis the Bearded
• 1056–1123 Louis the Springer
• 1123–1140 Louis I (first Landgrave from 1131)
• 1140–1172 Louis II the Iron
• 1172–1190 Louis III the Pious
• 1190–1217 Hermann I the Hard
• 1217–1227 Louis IV the Holy
• 1227–1241 Hermann II
• 1241–1242 Henry Raspe

House of Wettin

• 1242–1265 Henry the Illustrious, Margrave of Meissen and Lusatia since 1221
• 1265–1294 Albert the Degenerate, 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 Habsburg, King of Germany (not Wettin)
• 1298–1307 Theodoric IV, Margrave of Lusatia from 1291 until 1303
• 1298–1323 Frederick I
• 1323–1349 Frederick II
• 1349–1381 Frederick III
• 1349–1382 William I
• 1349–1406 Balthasar
• 1406–1440 Frederick IV
• 1440–1445 Frederick V
• 1445–1482 William II
• 1482–1485 Albert
• 1482–1486 Ernest
• 1486–1525 Frederick VI
• 1525–1532 John
• 1532–1547 John Frederick I
• 1542–1553 John Ernest
• 1554–1566 John Frederick II
• 1554–1572 John William

References

1. List of rulers of Saxony
2. List of margraves of Meissen
3. List of rulers of Austria
4. List of Hungarian monarchs
5. List of Bohemian monarchs
6. Radulf
7. Lists of political office-holders in Germany
8. Ludovingians
9. House of Hesse
10. List of margraves and electors of Brandenburg
11. Margravate of Meissen
12. Elizabeth of Hungary
13. King of Jerusalem
14. List of heads of the Czech state
15. List of Frankish kings
16. House of Wettin
17. List of monarchs of Hesse
18. Mühlhausen
19. List of state leaders in the 9th century
20. List of dynasties