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Other Germanic Rulers



Holy Roman Empire1
Carolingian House
  Charles I ‘the Great’ (Charlemagne) (800-814)&nbsp
  Louis I ‘the Pious’ (814-840)&nbsp
  Lothair I (840-855)&nbsp
  Louis II (855-875)&nbsp
  Charles II ‘the Bald’ (875-877)&nbsp
  Interregnum (877-881)&nbsp
  Charles III ‘the Fat’ (881-887)&nbsp
  Arnulf of Carinthia (887-899)&nbsp
  Louis III (900-911)&nbsp
House of Franconia
  Conrad I (911-918)&nbsp
House of Saxony
  Henry I ‘the Fowler’ (919-936)&nbsp
  Otto I ‘the Great’ (936-973)&nbsp
  Otto II (973-983) co-regent (961-973)&nbsp
  Otto III (983-1002) co-regent (983)&nbsp
  St. Henry II (1002-1024)&nbsp
Salian House
  Conrad II (1024-1039)&nbsp
  Henry III (1039-1056) co-regent 1028&nbsp
  Henry IV (1056-1105) co-regent 1054&nbsp
  [Rudolf of Swabia] (1077-1080)&nbsp
  [Herman of Salm] (1081-1088)&nbsp
  Conrad (1087-1098) co-regent&nbsp
  Henry V (1105-1125) co-regent 1099&nbsp
House of Supplinburg
  Lothair II of Saxony (1125-1137)&nbsp
House of Hohenstaufen
  Conrad III (1138-1152)&nbsp
  Henry (1147-1150) co-regent&nbsp
  Frederick I Barbarossa (1152-1190)&nbsp
  Henry VI (1190-1197) co-regent 1169&nbsp
  Philip of Swabia (1198-1208)&nbsp
House of Welf
  Otto IV of Brunswick (1198-1218)&nbsp
House of Hohenstaufen
  Frederick II (1212-1250)&nbsp
  Henry (1220-1235) co-regent&nbsp
  [Henry Raspe of Thuringia] (1246-1247)&nbsp
  [William of Holland] (1247-1256)&nbsp
  Conrad IV (1250-1254) co-regent 1237&nbsp
  [Richard of Cornwall] (1257-1272)&nbsp
House of Habsburg
  Rudolf I (1273-1291)&nbsp
House of Nassau
  Adolf (1291-1298)&nbsp
House of Habsburg
  Albert I of Austria (1298-1308)&nbsp
House of Luxemburg
  Henry VII (1308-1313)&nbsp
House of Wittelsbach
  Louis IV of Bavaria (1314-1347)&nbsp
  [Frederick of Austria] (1314-1330)&nbsp
House of Luxemburg
  Charles IV (1346-1378)&nbsp
  [Günther of Schwarzburg] (1349)&nbsp
  Wenceslas (1378-1400) co-regent 1376&nbsp
House of Wittelsbach
  Rupert of the Palatinate (1400-1410)&nbsp
House of Luxemburg
  Sigismund (1410-1437)&nbsp
  [Jobst of Moravia] (1410-1411)2&nbsp
House of Habsburg
  Albert II of Austria (1438-1439)&nbsp
  Frederick III (1440-1493)&nbsp
  Maximilian I (1493-1519) co-regent 1486&nbsp
  Charles V (1519-1558)&nbsp
  Ferdinand I (1558-1564)&nbsp
  Maximilian II (1564-1576)&nbsp
  Rudolf II (1576-1612)&nbsp
  Matthias (1612-1619)&nbsp
  Ferdinand II (1619-1637)&nbsp
  Ferdinand III (1637-1657)&nbsp
  Leopold I (1658-1705)&nbsp
  Joseph I (1705-1711)&nbsp
  Charles VI (1711-1740)&nbsp
  Interregnum (1740-1742)&nbsp
House of Wittelsbach
  Chares VII of Bavaria (1742-1745)&nbsp
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
  Francis I of Lorraine (1745-1765)&nbsp
  Joseph II (1765-1790)&nbsp
  Leopold II (1790-1792)&nbsp
  Francis II (1792-1806)&nbsp

The Mark and Duchy of Austria2
House of Babenberg
  Leopold I (976-994)&nbsp
  Henry I (994-1018)&nbsp
  Adalbert (1018-1055)&nbsp
  Ernest (1055-1075)&nbsp
  Leopold II, the Handsome (1075-1095)&nbsp
  St. Leopold III (1095-1136)&nbsp
  Leopold IV (1136-1141)&nbsp
Dukes of Austria
  Henry II, Jasomirgott (1141-1177)&nbsp
  Leopold V (1177-1194)&nbsp
  Frederick I (1194-1198)&nbsp
  Leopold VI, the Glorious (1198-1230)&nbsp
  Frederick II, the Warlike (1230-1246)&nbsp
House of Hasburg
  Rudolf I (1246-1282)&nbsp
  Rudolf II (10282-1283)&nbsp
  Albert I (1282-1298)&nbsp
  Rudolf III (1298-1307)&nbsp
  Leopold I (1298-1326)&nbsp
  Frederick III, the Handsome (1298-1330)&nbsp
  Albert II, the Lame (1326-1358)&nbsp
  Otto (1330-1339)&nbsp
  Rudolf IV, the Founder (1358-1365)&nbsp
Albertine Line
  Albert III (1365-1395)&nbsp
  Albert IV, the Patient (1395-1404)&nbsp
  Albert V (1404-1439)&nbsp
  Ladislas Posthumous (1440-1457)&nbsp
Leopoldine Line
  Leopold III (1365-1386)&nbsp
  William (1386-1406)&nbsp
  Leopold IV, the Fat (1388-1411)&nbsp
Line of Tyrol
  Frederick IV (1406-1439)&nbsp
  Sigismund (1439-1490)&nbsp
Line of Styria
  Ernest the Iron (1406-1424)&nbsp
  Albert VI (1424-1463)&nbsp
  Frederick V (1424-1493)&nbsp

The Austrian Empire3
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
  Francis I (1804-1835)&nbsp
  Ferdinand I (1835-1848)&nbsp
  Francis Joseph I (1848-1816)&nbsp
  Charles I (1916-1918)&nbsp

The Kingdom of Jurane Burgundy4
House of Welf
  Rudolf I (888-912)&nbsp
  Rudolf II (912-937)&nbsp
  Conrad the Pacific (937-993)&nbsp
  Rudolf III, the Sluggard (993-1032)&nbsp
  United with the Holy Roman Empire in 1033

The Duchy of Bavaria5
House of Luitpolding
  Arnulf (907-937)&nbsp
  Eberhard (937-938)&nbsp
  Berthold (938-947)&nbsp
House of Saxony
  Henry I (947-955)&nbsp
  Henry II, the Quarrelsome (955-976)&nbsp
  Otto I of Swabia (976-982)&nbsp
House of Luitpolding
  Henry III (983-985)&nbsp
House of Saxony
  Henry II (985-995)&nbsp
  Henry IV (995-1004)&nbsp
House of Luxemburg
  Henry V (1004-1009)&nbsp
House of Saxony
  Henry IV (1009-1017)&nbsp
House of Luxemburg
  Henry V (1017-1026)&nbsp
Salian House
  Henry VI (1027-1042)&nbsp
House of Luxemburg
  Henry VII (1042-1047)&nbsp
Salian House
  Henry VI (1047-1049)&nbsp
Ezzonid House
  Conrad I of Zutphen (1049-1053)&nbsp
Salian House
  Henry VIII (1053-1054)&nbsp
  Conrad II, the Child (1054-1055)&nbsp
  Agnes of Poitiers (1055-1061)&nbsp
House of Nordheim
  Otto II (1061-1070)&nbsp
House of Welf
  Welf I (1070-1077)&nbsp
Salian House
  Henry VIII (1077-1096)&nbsp
House of Welf
  Welf I (1096-1101)&nbsp
  Welf II, the Fat (1101-1120)&nbsp
  Henry IX, the Black (1120-1126)&nbsp
  Henry X, the Proud (1126-1138)&nbsp
House of Austria
  Leopold (1139-1141)&nbsp
House of Hohenstaufen
  Conrad III (1141-1143)&nbsp
House of Austria
  Henry XI, Jasomirgott (1143-1156)&nbsp
House of Welf
  Henry XII, the Lion (1156-1180)&nbsp

The Duchy of Lorraine6
House of the Moselle
  Frederick I (959-978)&nbsp
  Thierry I (978-1027)&nbsp
  Frederick II (1027-1033)&nbsp
House of Verdun
  Gozelo (1033-1044)&nbsp
  Godfrey, the Bearded (1044-1047)&nbsp
House of Chatenois
  Adalbert (1047-1048)&nbsp
  Gerard (1048-1070)&nbsp
  Thierry II (1070-1115)&nbsp
  Simon I (1115-1139)&nbsp
  Matthew I (1139-1176)&nbsp
  Simon II (1176-1206)&nbsp
  Ferry II of Bitsch (1206-1213)&nbsp
  Thiebaut I (1213-1220)&nbsp
  Matthew II (1220-1251)&nbsp
  Ferry III (1251-1303)&nbsp
  Thiebaut II (1303-1312)&nbsp
  Ferry IV (1312-1329)&nbsp
  Rudolf (1329-1346)&nbsp
  John I (1346-1390)&nbsp
  Charles II (1390-1431)&nbsp
House of Anjou
  Rene I, the Good (1431-1453)&nbsp
  John II (1453-1470)&nbsp
  Nicholas (15470-1473)&nbsp
House of Vaudemont
  Rene II (1473-1508)&nbsp
  Anthony (1508-1544)&nbsp
  Francis I (1544-1545)&nbsp
  Charles III, the Great (1545-1608)&nbsp
  Henry II (1608-1624)&nbsp
  Nicola (1624-1625)&nbsp
  Francis II of Vaudémont (1625)&nbsp
  Charles IV (1625-1675)&nbsp
  Charles V (10675-1690)&nbsp
  Leopold (1690-1729)&nbsp
  Francis III (10729-1737)&nbsp
House of Leszczynski
  Stanislas (1737-1766)&nbsp

  1. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 122-124.
  2. [S38] ibid. , page 130-131.
  3. [S38] ibid. , page 125.
  4. [S38] ibid. , page 125.
  5. [S38] ibid. , pages 126-127.
  6. [S38] ibid. , pages 128-129.

  Notes:
   [] indicates a rival claim to the title of Emperor
   Morby gives all names and titles in English, rather than the original German.