List of rulers of Baden

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Baden was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and later one of the German states along the frontier with France primarily consisting of territory along the right bank of the Rhine opposite Alsace and the Palatinate.

The territory evolved out of the Breisgau, an early medieval county in the Duchy of Swabia. A continuous sequence of counts is known since 962; the counts belong to the House of Zähringen. In 1061, the counts first acquired the additional title of margraves of Verona. Even though they lost the March of Verona soon thereafter, they kept the title of margrave. In 1112, the title of Margrave of Baden was first used.

For most of the early modern period, the Baden lands were divided into two parts, one ruled by the Catholic Margraves of Baden-Baden, and the other by the Protestant Margraves of Baden-Durlach.

In 1771, the main Baden-Baden line became extinct, and all of the Baden lands came under the rule of Baden-Durlach.

During the Napoleonic era, in the imperial reorganisation of 1803, Baden gained a great deal of additional territory, and its rulers were made one of the few prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire. However, this pre-eminent dignity lasted only for three years, until the end of the Empire in August of 1806, eight months after the crushing Battle of Austerlitz. Consequently, in that year, the Margraves took on the title of Grand Duke of Baden, and gained additional territory. The Grand Duchy, within approximately the borders of 1806, continued to exist until the fall of the German monarchies in 1918, when it became a republic.

[edit] Counts in the Breisgau

• Berthold I before 962 - 982
• Berthold II 982-1005/06
• Berthold III 1005/06-1024
• Berthold I 1024-1073

[edit] Margraves of Verona and Counts in the Breisgau

• Berthold I 1061-1073
• Hermann I 1073

[edit] Margraves of Baden

• Hermann II 1073-1130
• Hermann III 1130-1160
• Hermann IV 1160-1190

[edit] Baden divided, 1190-1771

[edit] Margraves of Baden-Baden, 1190-1335

• Hermann V 1190-1243
• Hermann VI 1243-1250
• Frederick I and Rudolf I 1250-1268
• Rudolf I 1268-1288
• Hesso, Rudolf II, Herman VII, and Rudolf III 1288-1291
• Hesso, Rudolf II, and Rudolf III 1291-1295
• Hesso and Rudolf III 1295-1297
• Rudolf III and Rudolf Hesso 1297-1310
• Rudolf Hesso 1310-1320

[edit] Margraves of Baden-Hachberg, 1190-1418

• Henry I 1190-1231
• Henry II 1231-1290
• Henry III 1290-1330
• Henry IV 1330-1369
• Otto I 1369-1386
• John and Hesso 1386-1409
• Hesso 1409-1410
• Otto II 1410-1418

[edit] Margraves of Baden-Sausenberg, 1290-1503

• Rudolf I 1290-1313
• Heinrich, Rudolf II, and Otto 1313-1318
• Rudolf II and Otto 1318-1352
• Otto and Rudolf III 1352-1384
• Rudolf III 1384-1428
• Wilhelm 1428-1441
• Hugo and Rudolf IV 1441-1444
• Rudolf IV 1444-1487
• Philipp 1487-1503

[edit] Margraves of Baden-Eberstein, 1291-1353

• Friedrich II 1291-1333
• Herman IX 1333-1353

[edit] Margraves of Baden-Pforzheim, 1291-1361

• Rudolf IV and Herman VIII 1291-1300
• Rudolf IV 1300-1348
• Rudolf V 1348-1361

[edit] Margraves of Baden-Baden, 1348-1588

• Frederick III 1348-1353
• Rudolf VI 1353-1372
• Bernard I 1372-1431, at first jointly with
• Rudolf VII 1372-1391
• Jacob 1431-1453
• Charles I 1453-1475, at first jointly with
• Bernard II 1453-1458
• Christopher I 1475-1515
• Bernard III 1515-1536
• Philibert 1536-1569
• Philip II 1569-1588

[edit] Margraves of Baden-Durlach, 1515-1771

• Ernst 1515-1553
• Karl II 1553-1577
• Ernst Friedrich 1577-1604
• Georg Friedrich 1604-1622
• Friedrich V 1622-1659
• Friedrich VI 1659-1677
• Friedrich VII 1677-1709
• Karl III Wilhelm 1709-1738
• Karl Friedrich 1738-1771 (became Margrave of all Baden)

[edit] Margrave of Baden-Sponheim, 1515-1533

• Philipp I 1515-1533

[edit] Margraves of Baden-Rodemarchern, 1536-1596

• Christoph II 1536-1575
• Eduard Fortunatus 1575-1596

[edit] Margrave of Baden-Rodenheim, 1575-1620

• Philipp III 1575-1620

[edit] Margraves of Baden-Hachberg, 1577-1591

• Jakob II 1577-1590
• Ernst Jakob 1590-1591

[edit] Margrave of Baden-Sausenberg, 1577-1604

• Georg Friedrich 1577-1604

[edit] Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern, 1622-1666

• Hermann Fortunatus 1622-1664
• Karl Wilhelm 1664-1666

[edit] Margraves of Baden-Baden, 1622-1771

• Wilhelm 1622-1677
• Ludwig Wilhelm 1677-1707
• Ludwig Georg Simpert 1707-1761
• August Georg Simpert 1761-1771

[edit] Margraves of Baden, 1771-1803

• Karl Friedrich 1771-1803, became Elector of Baden

[edit] Electors and Margraves of Baden, 1803-1806

• Karl Friedrich 1803-1806, became Grand Duke of Baden

v • d • e Members of the Electoral College of the Holy Roman Empire following the Golden Bull of 1356     Spiritual Archbishopric of Mainz Archbishopric of Trier Archbishopric of Cologne Secular Kingdom of Bohemia Palatine / Rhine Duchy of Saxony Margraviate of Brandenburg Added in the 17th century 1623 Duchy of Bavaria 1692 Duchy of Hanover Added from 1803–06 Principality of Regensburg Electorate of Salzburg (1803–05) Grand Duchy of Würzburg (1805–06) Duchy of Württemberg Margraviate of Baden Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel

[edit] Grand Dukes of Baden, 1806-1918

[edit] Heads of the Grand Ducal House of Baden since 1918

• Friedrich II, 1918-1928.
• Maximilian of Baden, 1928-1929.
• Berthold of Baden, 1929-1963.
• Maximilian of Baden, since 1963.

[edit] State Presidents of the Republic of Baden, 1918-1945

[edit] State President of Baden (South Baden), 1945-1952

1. various presidents in rotation 1945-1946
2. Leo Wohleb (BCSV, then CDU) 1946-1952

[edit] References