Duke of Swabia

Herzogtum Schwaben (de) Ducatus Suebia (la) Duchy of Swabia Stem duchy of the Frankish and Holy Roman Empires ← 911 – 1268 1289 – 1313 Coat of arms Map showing Upper Burgundy and the Duchy of Swabia Capital Uncertain Government Principality Historical era Early Middle Ages  - Formed from stem duchy    of Alemannia   911 911  - Duchy discontinued 1268  - Duchy resurrected for    the Habsburgs   1289  - Disestablished 1313

The following is a list of Dukes of Swabia in southwest Germany. 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 hold Swabia were the Hohenstaufen, 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.

Dukes of Alamannia

Merovingian dukes

• 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)

Dukes of Swabia

Miscellaneous houses

• Burchard I (909–911, Hunfriding)
• 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 Hohenstaufen

• Frederick I (1079–1105)
• Frederick II (1105–47)
• Frederick III (1147–52), King of the Romans from 1152 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1155
• Frederick IV (1152–67)
• Frederick V (1167–70)
• Frederick VI (1170–91)
• Conrad II (1191–96)
• Philip I (1196–1208), King from 1198

House of Guelph

• Otto IV (1208–12), King of the Romans from 1208 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1209

Hohenstaufen restored

• Frederick VII (1212–16), King of the Romans from 1212 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220
• Henry II (1216–35), King from 1220
• Conrad III (1235–54), King from 1237
• Conrad IV (Conradin) (1254–68), also King of Sicily and Jerusalem

House of Habsburg

• Rudolf II (1289–90)
• John (1290–1313)

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.

See also

• Dukes of Swabia family tree