Dukes Of Swabia Family Tree

The Dukes of Swabia were the rulers of the Duchy of Swabia during the Middle Ages. Swabia was one of the five stem duchy, 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 Rudolph I of Germany, Rudolf I attempted to revive it for his Habsburg family in the late-13th century.

Dukes of Swabia (909–1268)

Early dukes

* Burchard I Hunfriding (d. 911), mentioned as ''marchio'' (margrave) in 903 and ''dux'' (duke) in 909
* Erchanger, Duke of Swabia, Erchanger Ahalolfing, dominant count in Alemannia after the execution of Burchard I, declared duke in 915, exiled September 916, executed January 917.
* Burchard II, Duke of Swabia, Burchard II (917–926, Hunfriding), recognized Henry the Fowler as king of Germany in 919 and was recognized by Henry as Duke of Swabia in return.
* Hermann I, Duke of Swabia, Hermann I (926–949, Conradine)
* Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, Liudolf (950–954, Ottonian)
* Burchard III, Duke of Swabia, Burchard III (954–973, Hunfriding)
* Otto I, Duke of Swabia, Otto I (973–982, Ottonian)

Conradines

* Conrad I, Duke of Swabia, Conrad I (982–997)
* Hermann II, Duke of Swabia, Hermann II (997–1003)
* Hermann III, Duke of Swabia, Hermann III (1003–12)

House of Babenberg

* Ernest I, Duke of Swabia, Ernest I (1012–15)
* Ernest II, Duke of Swabia, Ernest II (1015–30)
* Herman IV, Duke of Swabia, Hermann IV (1030–38)

Miscellaneous houses

* Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry I (1038–45, Salian dynasty, Salian), King of the Romans from 1039 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1046
* Otto II, Duke of Swabia, Otto II (1045–48, Ezzonen)
* Otto III, Duke of Swabia, Otto III (1048–57, House of Schweinfurt, Schweinfurt)
* Rudolf of Rheinfelden, Rudolf I (1057–79, House of Rheinfelden, Rheinfelden)
* Berthold I, Duke of Swabia, Berthold I (1079–90, House of Rheinfelden, Rheinfelden)
* Berthold II, Duke of Swabia, Berthold II (1092–98, House of Zähringen, Zähringen)

House of Hohenstaufen, 1079–1268

, Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, Frederick I
1079–1105
, , , , 1050
son of Frederick of Büren and Hildegard of Egisheim-Dagsburg, , Agnes of Germany
1089
11 children
, , 21 July 1105
aged 54 or 55
, -
, Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, Frederick II the One-Eyed
1105–1147
, , , , 1090
son of Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, Frederick I and Agnes of Germany , , Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia, Judith of Bavaria
1121
2 children
Agnes of Saarbrücken
c.1132
2 children
, , 6 April 1147
aged 56 or 57
, -
, Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick III Barbarossa
1147–1152
, , , , 1122
son of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, Frederick II and Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia, Judith of Bavaria , , Adelheid of Vohburg
2 March 1147
Eger
no children
Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy, Beatrice of Burgundy
9 June 1156
Würzburg
12 children
, , 10 June 1190
aged 67 or 68
, -
, Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia, Frederick IV
1152–1167
, , , , 1145
son of Conrad III of Germany and Gertrude von Sulzbach , , Gertrude of Bavaria
1166
no children
, , 19 August 1167
Rome
aged 21 or 22
, -
, Frederick V, Duke of Swabia, Frederick V
1167–1170
, , , , 16 July 1164
Pavia
son of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick III and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy, Beatrice of Burgundy , ,
unmarried
, , 28 November 1170
aged 6
, -
, Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia, Frederick VI
1170–1191
, , , , February 1167
Modigliana
son of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick III and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy, Beatrice of Burgundy , ,
unmarried
, , 20 January 1191
Acre, Israel, Acre
aged 24
, -
, Conrad II, Duke of Swabia, Conrad II
1191–1196
, , , , February or March 1173
son of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick III and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy, Beatrice of Burgundy , ,
unmarried
, , 15 August 1196
Durlach
aged 23
, -
, Philip of Swabia, Philip
1196–1208
, , , , August 1177
son of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick III and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy, Beatrice of Burgundy , , Irene Angelina
25 May 1197
4 children
, , 21 June 1208
Bamberg
aged 30
, -
, align="center" colspan="7", ''Vacancy: 1208-1212''
, -
, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick VII
1212–1216
, , , , 26 December 1194
Jesi
son of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry I and Constance of Sicily, , Constance of Aragon, Holy Roman Empress, Constance of Aragon
15 August 1209
1 child

Yolande of Jerusalem
9 November 1225
2 children

Isabella of England
15 July 1235
4 children, , 13 December 1250
Torremaggiore
aged 55
, -
, Henry (VII) of Germany, Henry II
1216–1235
, , , , 1211
Sicily
son of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick I and Constance of Aragon, Holy Roman Empress, Constance of Aragon , , Margaret, Duchess of Austria, Margaret
29 November 1225
2 children, , 12 February 1242
Martirano
aged 30
, -
, Conrad IV of Germany, Conrad III
1235–1254 , , , , 25 April 1228
Andria, Italy, Andria
son of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick I and Yolande of Jerusalem , , Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany, Elisabeth of Bavaria
1 September 1246
1 child, , 21 May 1254
Lavello
aged 26
, -
, Conradin, Conrad IV the Younger
1254–1268, , , , 25 March 1252
Landshut, Wolfstein
son of Conrad IV of Germany, Conrad I and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany, Elisabeth of Bavaria , , never married, , 29 October 1268
Naples
aged 16
(executed)
, -

House of Habsburg (1283–1309)

* Rudolf II, Duke of Austria, Rudolf (1283–90)
* John Parricida, John (1290–1309)

Family tree

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 Swabia (Bavaria), Bavarian Swabia was annexed by Bavaria and shortly afterwards became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

See also

* Duchess of Swabia

References

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