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Duke of Swabia

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Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, Otto II, Duke of Swabia

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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 this period, the Hohenstaufen were also Holy Roman Emperors. With the death of Conradin, the last Hohenstaufen duke, the duchy itself disintegrated, although King Rudolf I attempted to revive it for his Habsburg family in the late-13th century.

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Dukes under the Merovingians

  • Butilin (539–554), with…
  • Leuthari I (before 552–554), with…
  • Haming (539–554), with…
  • Lantachar (until 548, Avenches diocese)
  • Magnachar (565, Avenches diocese)
  • Vaefar (573, Avenches diocese)
  • Theodefrid
  • Leutfred (until 588)
  • Uncilin (588–607)
  • Gunzo (613)
  • Chrodobert (630)
  • Leuthari II (642)
  • Gotfrid (until 709)
  • Willehari (709–712, in Ortenau)
  • Lantfrid (709–730)
  • Theudebald (709–744)
  • Carloman (744–747)
  • Drogo (747–748)
  • Carolingian rulers

  • Charles (829–840)
  • Charles the Fat (864–880)
  • Louis the Younger (880–882)
  • Charles the Fat (882–888)
  • Bernard (888–892)
  • Hunfriding

  • Burchard I (909–911, Hunfriding)
  • Miscellaneous houses

  • Erchanger (915–917, Ahalolfinger)
  • Burchard II (917–926, Hunfriding)
  • 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 Habsburg (1283–1309)

  • Rudolf (1283–90)
  • John (1290–1309)
  • 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.

    References

    Duke of Swabia Wikipedia


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