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Researching Rulers of Zahringen

 

Below is a list of all the rulers of Zahringen. Please feel free to let me know of any information I am missing or is incorrect. You can contact me at kcrossno at seekingallancestors.com.

House of Zahringen

Margraves of Baden
Reigned Name / Notes
1064-1073 Herman I (son of Berthold I of Zahringen; count of Bresigau with lands in Baden 1064; abdicated, d 1074)
1073-1130 Herman II (son)
1130-1160 Herman III (son)
1160-1190 Herman IV (son)
1190-1243 Herman V (son)
1243-1250 Herman VI (son)
1243-1288 Rudolf I (brother)
1250-1268 Frederick I (son of Herman VI)
1288-1291 Herman VII (son of Rudolf I)
1288-1295 Rudolf II (brother)
1288-1297 Hesso (brother)
1288-1332 Rudolf III (brother)
1291-1333 Frederick II (Son of Herman VII)
1291-1348 Rudolf IV (brother)
1297-1335 Rudolf Hesso (son of Hesso)
1333-1353 Herman VIII (son of Frederick II)
1348-1353 Frederick III, the Pacific (son of Rudolf IV)
1348-1361 Rudolf V (brother)
1353-1372 Rudolf VI (son of Frederick III)
1372-1431 Rudolf VII (son)
1372-1431 Bernard I (brother)
1431-1453 James I (son)
1453-1454 George (son; abdicated, died 1484)
1453-1458 BI Bernard II (brother)
1453-1475 Charles I (brother)
1475-1515 Christopher I (son; abdicated, died 1527)
1515-1533 Philip I (son)

Line of Baden

Reigned Name / Notes
1515-1536 Bernard III (brother; received Baden-Baden by partition 1535)
1536-1556 Christopher II (son; abdicated, died 1575)
1536-1569 Philibert (brother)
1569-1588 Philip II (son)
1588-1594 Edward Fortunatus (son of Christopher II; deposed, died 1600; union w/ Baden-Baden 1594-1622)
1622-1677 William (son)
1677-1707 Louis William (gson)
1707-1761 Louis George (son)
1761-1771 Augustus George (brother; union w/ Baden-Durlach 1771)

Line of Durlach

Reigned Name / Notes
1515-1552 Ernest (son of Christopher I; Baden-Durlach 1535; abdicated, died 1553)
1552-1553 Bernard IV (son)
1552-1577 Charles II (brother)
1577-1590 James II (son)
1577-1604 Ernest Frederick (brother)
1577-1622 George Frederick (brother; abdicated, died 1638)
1590-1591 Ernest James (son of James III)
1622-1659 Frederick V (son of George Frederick)
1659-1677 Frederick VI (son)
1677-1709 Frederick Magnus (son)
1709-1738 Charles William (son)

Grand Dukes of Baden

Reigned Name / Notes
1738-1811 Charles Frederick (gson; Baden-Baden 1771; elector 1803; grand duke of Baden 1806)
1811-1818 Charles (gson)
1818-1830 Louis I (son of Charles Frederick)
1830-1852 Leopold (brother)
1852-1856 Louis II (son; deposed, died 1858)
1856-1907 Frederick I (brother; regent 1852-6)
1907-1918 Frederick II (son; deposed, died 1928; proclamation of the republic)
HRH Duke of Sussex on the 1841 English Census
HRH Duke of Sussex on the 1841 English Census, from Ancestry.com.