Kingdoms of Germany


Swabia The Suebi, a Germanic people, were situated around the Baltic Sea, east of the Elbe, during the beginning of the Roman Empire (AD 98). Their name (Suevi - Suebi - Sweben) was probably also appended to what became Sweden. While the main host of the Suebi emigrated to Spain, the Lombards and Alemanni, both part of the Suebian confederation of tribes, remained behind. The area of Swabia was settled during the collapse of the Roman Empire by the Alemanni.
496	The Franks conquer the Alemanni.


Dukes of Swabia AD 888 - 1313 Swabia emerged as a stem duchy from the fragmentation of the Frankish Empire. It was situated in the western centre of modern Germany in the Baden- Württemberg region.

c.915	Erchanger
917 - 926	Burkhard I
926 - 948	Herman I
948 - 954	Ludolph		Died 957.
954 - 973	Burkhard II
973 - 982	Otto I
982 - 997	Conrad I
997 - 1003	Herman II
1003 - 1012	Herman III
1012 - 1015	Ernest I of Babenberg
1015 - 1030	Ernest II
1030 - 1038	Herman IV
1038 - 1045	Henry I		Henry III of HRE & Franconia (1039-1056).
1045 - 1048	Otto II
1048 - 1057	Otto III of Franconia
1057 - 1080	Rudolph		Rival for HRE (1077-1080).
1080 - 1105	Frederick I Hohenstaufen
1105 - 1147	Frederick II
1147 - 1152	Frederick III Barbarossa		Frederick II of HRE (1152-1190).
1152 - 1167	Frederick IV
1167 - 1191	Frederick V
1192 - 1208	Conrad II
1192 - 1208		Philip	Rival for HRE (1198-1208).
1208 - 1212	Otto IV Welf of Brunswick		HRE (1198-1212). d.1218.
1212 - 1216	Frederick VI		Frederick II of HRE (1212-1250).
1216 - 1235	Henry II
1235 - 1254	Conrad III		Conrad IV of HRE (1250-1254).
1242		Henry II
1254 - 1268	Conradin
c.1267	Part of the territory is given over to the newly formed county of Vaduz.

1289 - 1290	Rudolf of Habsburg		HRE (1273-1291).
1290 - 1313	John Parricide
1313	East Francia, or Germany, is at a point of collapse by this time, and Swabia breaks up. The remainder of its territory goes to the already established county of Württemberg and margraviate of Baden.

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