List of rulers of Thuringia explained

Thuringia is a historical and political region of Central Germany.

Kings of Thuringia

See also: Thuringii.

• 450 - 500 Bisinus^[1]
• 500 - 530 Baderich^[2]
• 500 - 530 Berthachar^[2]
• 500 - 531 Herminafried^[3]

Conquered by the Franks.

Frankish dukes of Thuringia

See main article: Duchy of Thuringia.

Merovingian dukes

• 632–642 Radulf I, "King of Thuringia" after 641^[4]
• 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Weddige, Hilkert . Max Niemeyer . 1989 . Heldensage und Stammessage: Iring und der Untergang des Thüringerreiches in Historiographie und heroischer Dichtung. 10.
2. Book: Duruy, Victor . A Short History of France. 1918. J. M. Dent. 86.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=PDkNAAAAIAAJ&dq=chlothar+ii+king+of+the+franks&pg=PA522 Oman, Charles. The Dark Ages, 476-918, Rivingtons, 1908, p. 114
4. Reuter, Timothy. Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800 - 1056. New York: Longman, 1991, 55