{{Short description|none}} Thuringia is a historical and political region in central Germany. ==Kings of Thuringia== {{see also|Thuringii}} *500?–507 Bisinus<ref>{{cite book |last=Weddige |first=Hilkert |publisher=Max Niemeyer |year=1989 |title=Heldensage und Stammessage: Iring und der Untergang des Thüringerreiches in Historiographie und heroischer Dichtung|page=10}}</ref> *507–529 Baderich<ref name=Duruy>{{cite book|author=Duruy, Victor |title=A Short History of France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bSRLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA86|year=1918|publisher=J. M. Dent|page=86}}</ref> *507–525 Berthachar<ref name=Duruy/> *507–532 Herminafried<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PDkNAAAAIAAJ&dq=chlothar+ii+king+of+the+franks&pg=PA522 Oman, Charles. ''The Dark Ages, 476-918'', Rivingtons, 1908, p. 114]{{PD-notice}}</ref>
:''Conquered by the Franks.''
==Frankish dukes of Thuringia== {{more citations needed|section|date=September 2023}} {{Main|Duchy of Thuringia}} ;Merovingian dukes *632–642 Radulf I, "King of Thuringia" after 641<ref>Reuter, Timothy. ''Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056''. New York: Longman, 1991, 55</ref> *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==
===Winzenburger=== * 1111/1112–1130 Herman I, Count of Winzenburg (deposed in 1130; died in 1138)
===Ludovingians=== *1031–1056 Louis the Bearded *1056–1123 Louis the Springer *1123–1140 Louis I (first Landgrave from 1131) *1140–1172 Louis II the Iron *1172–1190 Louis III the Pious *1190–1217 Hermann I the Hard *1217–1227 Louis IV the Holy *1227–1241 Hermann II *1241–1242 Henry Raspe *1242–1264 Sophia (in Hesse only)
===House of Wettin=== thumb|150px|Coat of arms of Landgrave Albert, 1265 [[File:Ingeram Codex 043.jpg|thumb|150px|The Ludovingian coat of arms, shown as the coat of arms of the landgraves of both Hesse and Thüringen in the Ingeram Codex of 1459.]] *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 (aka. 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
==References== {{Reflist}}
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