Duke of Swabia

The Dukes of Swabia were the rulers of the Duchy of Swabia during the Middle Ages. Swabia was one of the five stem duchies of the medieval German kingdom, and its dukes were thus among the most powerful magnates of Germany. The most notable family to rule Swabia was the Hohenstaufen family, who held it, with a brief interruption, from 1079 until 1268. For much of that period, the Hohenstaufen were also Holy Roman Emperors. With the death of Conradin, the last Duke of Hohenstaufen, the duchy itself disintegrated although King Rudolf I attempted to revive it for his Habsburg family in the late 13th century.

Dukes of Swabia (909–1268)

Early dukes

• Burchard I Hunfriding (d. 911), mentioned as marchio (margrave) in 903 and dux (duke) in 909
• Erchanger Ahalolfing, dominant count in Alemannia after the execution of Burchard I, declared duke in 915, exiled September 916, executed January 917.
• Burchard II (917–926, Hunfriding), recognized Henry the Fowler as king of Germany in 919 and was recognized by Henry as Duke of Swabia in return.
• Hermann I (926–949, Conradine)
• Liudolf (950–954, Ottonian)
• Burchard III (954–973, Hunfriding)
• Otto I (973–982, Ottonian)

Conradines

• Conrad I (982–997)
• Hermann II (997–1003)
• Hermann III (1003–12)

House of Babenberg

• Ernest I (1012–15)
• Ernest II (1015–30)
• Hermann IV (1030–38)

Miscellaneous houses

• Henry I (1038–45, Salian), King of the Romans from 1039 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1046
• Otto II (1045–48, Ezzonen)
• Otto III (1048–57, Schweinfurt)
• Rudolf I (1057–79, Rheinfelden)
• Berthold I (1079–90, Rheinfelden)
• Berthold II (1092–98, Zähringen)

House of Hohenstaufen, 1079–1268

House of Habsburg (1283–1309)

• Rudolf (1283–90)
• John (1290–1309)

Family tree

Successor states

In the 13th century, the Duchy of Swabia disintegrated into numerous smaller states. Some of the more important immediate successor states were:

During the following century, several of these states were acquired by the County of Württemberg or the Duchy of Austria, as marked above. In 1803 Bavarian Swabia was annexed by Bavaria and shortly afterwards became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

See also

• Duchess of Swabia

References

1. Frederick II, Duke of Swabia
2. Swabia
3. Liudolf, Duke of Swabia
4. Frederick I, Duke of Swabia
5. Hohenstaufen
6. Rudolf of Rheinfelden
7. Conradin
8. House of Zähringen
9. Frederick Barbarossa
10. Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia
11. Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia
12. Conrad II, Duke of Swabia
13. Philip of Swabia
14. Herman II, Duke of Swabia
15. Frederick V, Duke of Swabia
16. Burchard II, Duke of Swabia
17. Conrad I, Duke of Swabia
18. Berthold II, Duke of Swabia
19. Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia
20. Duchy of Swabia