List of rulers of Thuringia

Thuringia is a historical and political region in central Germany.

Kings of Thuringia

• 500?–507 Bisinus
• 507–529 Baderich
• 507–525 Berthachar
• 507–532 Herminafried

Conquered by the Franks.

Frankish dukes of Thuringia

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Merovingian dukes

• 632–642 Radulf I, "King of Thuringia" after 641
• 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

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 (a.k.a. Frederick III, Prince-Elector Saxony or ‘Frederick the Wise’)
• 1525–1532 John
• 1532–1547 John Frederick I
• 1542–1553 John Ernest
• 1554–1566 John Frederick II
• 1554–1572 John William

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