Duke of Swabia

The Dukes of Swabia were the rulers of the Duchy of Swabia during the Middle Ages.[1] 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 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 Rudolf I attempted to revive it for his Habsburg family in the late-13th century.

Dukes of Swabia (909–1268)

Map of the duchy of Swabia in the tenth and eleventh centuries (Swabia is marked in yellow; the kingdom of Upper Burgundy is green).

Early dukes

Conradines

House of Babenberg

Miscellaneous houses

House of Hohenstaufen, 10791268

NamePortraitBirthMarriagesDeath
Frederick I
10791105
1050
son of Frederick von Büren and Hildegard of Egisheim-Dagsburg
Agnes of Germany
1089
11 children
21 July 1105
aged 54 or 55
Frederick II the One-Eyed
11051147
1090
son of Frederick I and Agnes of Germany
Judith of Bavaria
1121
2 children
Agnes of Saarbrücken
c.1132
2 children
6 April 1147
aged 56 or 57
Frederick III Barbarossa
11471152
1122
son of Frederick II and Judith of Bavaria
Adelheid of Vohburg
2 March 1147
Eger
no children
Beatrice of Burgundy
9 June 1156
Würzburg
12 children
10 June 1190
aged 67 or 68
Frederick IV
11521167
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
11671170
16 July 1164
Pavia
son of Frederick III and Beatrice of Burgundy

unmarried
28 November 1170
aged 6
Frederick VI
11701191
February 1167
Modigliana
son of Frederick III and Beatrice of Burgundy

unmarried
20 January 1191
Acre
aged 24
Conrad II
11911196
February or March 1173
son of Frederick III and Beatrice of Burgundy

unmarried
15 August 1196
Durlach
aged 23
Philip
11961208
August 1177
son of Frederick III and Beatrice of Burgundy
Irene Angelina
25 May 1197
4 children
21 June 1208
Bamberg
aged 30
Vacancy: 1208-1212
Frederick VII
12121216
26 December 1194
Jesi
son of Henry I and Constance of Sicily
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 II
12161235
1211
Sicily
son of Frederick I and Constance of Aragon
Margaret
29 November 1225
2 children
12 February 1242
Martirano
aged 30
Conrad III
12351254
25 April 1228
Andria
son of Frederick I and Yolande of Jerusalem
Elisabeth of Bavaria
1 September 1246
1 child
21 May 1254
Lavello
aged 26
Conrad IV the Younger
12541268
25 March 1252
Wolfstein
son of Conrad I and Elisabeth of Bavaria
never married29 October 1268
Naples
aged 16
(executed)

House of Habsburg (1283–1309)

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

See also

References

  1. "Germany, the Stem Duchies & Marches". Friesian.com. 1945-02-13. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
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