Duke of Swabia - Definition and Overview

The following is a list of Dukes of Swabia, including the several holders of the title who were also Holy Roman Emperors.

Dukes of Swabia

. other previous rulers among them:

• Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, founder of Stuttgart (950 AD), son of Holy Roman Emperor Otto I the Great.

House of Babenberg

• Ernest I (r. 1012 - 1015)
• Ernest II (r. 1015 - 1030)
• Hermann IV (r. 1030 - 1038)

Miscellaneous Houses

The following dukes have no direct blood connection amongst themselves

• Henry I (r. 1038 - 1045) King of Germany in 1039 and Holy Roman Emperor in 1046
• Otto II (r. 1045 - 1048) palatine count of the Rhine
• Otto III von Schweinfurt (r. 1048 - 1057)
• Rudolf von Rheinfeld (r. 1057 - 1079)

House of Hohenstaufen

• Frederick I von Staufen (r. 1079 - 1105)
• Frederick II (r. 1105 - 1147)
• Frederick III Barbarossa (r. 1147 - 1152) King of Germany 1152 and Holy Roman Emperor in 1155
• Frederick IV (r. 1152 - 1167)
• Frederick V (r. 1167 - 1170)
• Frederick VI (r. 1170 - 1191)
• Conrad II (r. 1191 - 1196)
• Philip I (r. 1196 - 1208) King of Germany in 1198

House of Guelph

• Otto IV of Brunswick (r. 1208 - 1212) King of Germany 1208 and Holy Roman Emperor in 1209

Hohenstaufen restored

• Frederick VI (r. 1212 - 1216) King of Germany 1212 and Holy Roman Emperor in 1220
• Henry II (r. 1216 - 1235)
• Conrad III (r. 1235 - 1254) King of Germany in 1250
• Conrad V (Conradin) (r. 1254 - 1268)

See also

• Dukes of Swabia family tree