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Researching Rulers of Austria
Below is a list of all the rulers of Austria. 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 Babenburg
| Reigned | Name / Notes |
| 976-994 | Leopold I (probably gson of Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria; margrave of Austria 975/976 |
| 994-1018 | Henry I (son) |
| 1018-1055 | Adalbert (brother) |
| 1055-1075 | Ernest (son) |
| 1075-1095 | Leopold II, the Handsome (son) |
| 1095-1136 | St. Leopold III (son) |
| 1136-1141 | Leopold IV (son; Duke of Bavaria 1139) |
Dukes of Austria
| 1141-1177 | Henry II, Jasomirgott (brother; Bavaria 1143-56; Duke of Austria 1156) |
| 1177-1194 | Leopold V (son; Duke of Styria 1192) |
| 1194-1198 | Frederick I (son) |
| 1198-1230 | Leopold IV, the Glorious (brother; Styria 1194) |
| 1230-1246 | Frederick II, the Warlike (son; union of Austria and Styria w/ the empire 1246) |
House of Habsburg
| 1276-1282 | Rudolf I (Count of Habsburg as Rudolf IV; King of the Romans 1273-91; Duke of Austria & Styria 1276) |
| 1282-1283 | Rudolf II (son; abdicated, died 1290) |
| 1282-1298 | Albert I (brother; King of the Romans 1298-1308) |
| 1298-1307 | Rudolf III (son; King of Bohemia 1306) |
| 1298-1326 | Leopold I (brother) |
| 1298-1330 | Frederick III, the Handsome (brother; King of the Romans 1314) |
| 1326-1358 | Albert II, the Lame (brother; Duke of Carinthia 1335) |
| 1330-1339 | Otto (brother) |
| 1358-1365 | Rudolf IV, the Founder (son of Albert II; County of Tyrol 1363) |
Albertine Line
| 1365-1395 | Albert III (brother; received Austria by partition 1379) |
| 1395-1404 | Albert IV , the Patient (son) |
| 1404-1439 | Albert V (son; King of the Romans 1438) |
| 1440-1457 | Ladislas Posthumus (son; King of Hungary 1445; union w/ Styria 1458) |
Leopoldine Line
| 1365-1386 | Leopold III (son of Albert II; Tyrol, Styria & Carinthia 1379) |
| 1386-1406 | William (son) |
| 1386-1411 | Leopold IV, the Fat (brother) |
Line of Tyrol
| 1406-1439 | Frederick IV (brother; received Tyrol by parttion 1411) |
| 1439-1490 | Sigismund (son; Archduke 1477; abdicated, died 1496; union w/ Styria) |
Line of Styria
| 1406-1424 | Ernest the Iron (son of Leopold III; Styria & Carinthia 1411) |
| 1424-1463 | Albert VI (son; Archduke 1453) |
| 1424-1493 | Frederick V (brother; King of the Romans 1440; Archduke 1453; reunion of the Habsburg lands 1490) |
Hapsburg Emperors
| 1804-1835 | Francis I (HRE as Francis II; emperor of Austria 1804) |
| 1835-1848 | Ferdinand I (son; abdicated, died 1875) |
| 1848-1916 | Francis Joseph I (nephew) |
| 1916-1918 | Charles I (gnephew; deposed, died 1922; proclamation of the republic) |
Duke of Teck and his family on the 1891 English census, from Ancestry.com.
