Anhalt

Anhalt-Bernburg-Harzgerode

1630-1709 Separated from Anhalt-Bernburg

Princes

17 Apr 1630 - 30 Jun 1670 Friedrich

30 Jun 1670 - 14 Dec 1709 Wilhelm

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Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

1707-1812 Separated from Anhalt-Bernburg

Princes

       1707 - 17 May 1727 Leberecht

17 May 1727 - 15 Apr 1772 Viktor I

15 Apr 1772 - 20 Aug 1806 Karl

20 Aug 1806 - 22 Apr 1812 Viktor II

     22 Apr - 24 Dec 1812 Friedrich

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Anhalt-Köthen-Pless

1765-1841 Principality

1841      Re-incorporated into Anhalt-Köthen

Princes

       1765 - 12 Dec 1797 Friedrich Erdmann

12 Dec 1797 - 18 Dec 1818 Friedrich Ferdinand

18 Dec 1818 - 23 Aug 1830 Heinrich

23 Aug 1830 - 05 Nov 1841 Ludwig

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Anhalt-Zerbst

1603-1793 Principality

1793      Divided

Princes

10 Jul 1603 -        1621 Ruldof

       1621 - 14 Jul 1667 Johann

14 Jul 1667 - 03 Nov 1718 Karl Wilhelm

03 Nov 1718 - 07 Nov 1742 Johann August I

07 Nov 1742 - 05 Nov 1746 Johann Ludwig II

07 Nov 1742 - 16 Mar 1747 Christian August

16 Mar 1747 - 03 Mar 1793 Friedrich August

Bayreuth

1398-1792 Principality of Bayreuth

1420-1440 Under Nürnberg

1457-1486 Administrated by Ansbach

1495-1515 Administrated by Ansbach

1556-1603 Administrated by Ansbach

1791      Sold to Prussia

1792-1806 Administrated Prussia

1806-1810 French occupation

1810      Annexed to Bavaria

Princes

1398-1420 Johann

1420-1440 Friedrich I

1440-1457 Johann der Alchemist

       1457 - 11 May 1486 Albrecht Achilles

11 May 1486 - 26 Feb 1495 Siegmund

26 Feb 1495 -        1515 Friedrich II

       1515 -        1527 Kasimir

       1527 - 21 Sep 1551 Georg

       1541 -        1554 Albrecht Alcibiades

08 Jan 1557 - 25 Apr 1603 Georg Friedrich

25 Apr 1603 - 30 May 1665 Christian

09 Jun 1655 - 10 May 1712 Christian Ernst

10 May 1712 -        1726 Georg Wilhelm

       1726 - 17 May 1735 Georg Friedrich Karl

17 May 1735 - 20 Jan 1769 Friedrich Christian

20 Jan 1769 - 02 Dec 1791 Christian Friedrich Karl Alexander

                           Markgraf von Ansbach

02 Dec 1791 - 28 Jan 1792 Karl August von Hardenberg

Governors

28 Jan 1792 -        1795 Friedrich Eugen, Herzog

                           von Württemberg

       1795 -        1800 Friedrich Ludwig Alexander,

                           Herzog von Württemberg

04 Sep 1804 - 08 Oct 1806 Friedrich Ludwig Fürst von

                           Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen

Braunschweig-Gottingen

Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel

Bretzenheim

Prince

1790 - 14 Mar 1814 Karl August Fuerst von Bretzenheim

von Regecz

Bismark

Princes

1296-1305 Askan, Hans I

1296-1305 Askan, Albrect I

1296-1305 Askan, Erich I

1305-1321 Bergedorf-Möllner,Hans II

1305-1308 Ratzeberg-Lauenberg, Albrecht III

1305-1361 Ratzeberg-Lauenberg, Erich II

1321-1343 Bergedorf-Möllner, Albrecht IV

1343-1356Bergedorf-Möllner, Hans III

1356-1370 Bergedorf-Möllner, Albrecht III

1361-1368 Ratzeberg-Lauenberg, Erich III

1368-1412 Ratzeberg-Lauenberg, Erich IV

1412-1436 Sachs-Lauenberg, Erich V

1412-1414 Sachs-Lauenberg, Hans IV

1436-1463 Sachs-Lauenberg, Bernhard I

1463-1507 Sachs-Lauenberg, Hans V

1507-1543 Sachs-Lauenberg, Magnus I

1543-1581 Sachs-Lauenberg, Franz I

1581-1619 Sachs-Lauenberg, Franz II

1619-1656 Sachs-Lauenberg, August I

1656-1665 Sachs-Lauenberg, Julius Heinrich I

1665-1666 Sachs-Lauenberg, Franz Erdmann I

1666-1689 Sachs-Lauenberg, Julius Franz I

1865-1898 von Bismarck, Otto, Duke of Lauenberg ........ 1815-1898

1898-1904 von Bismarck, Herbert Prinz of Bismarck

1904-1918 von Bismarck, Gottfreid

East Frisia

1662-1744 Principality of Ostfriesland

1744-1807 Under Kingdom of Prussia

1807      Ceded to France

1807-1813 Ceded to Holland

1813      Russian occupation

1813-1815 Prussian administration

1815      To Hannover

Princes

18 Apr 1662 - 06 Jun 1665 Georg Christian

11 Oct 1665 - 30 Jun 1708 Christian Eberhard

30 Jun 1708 - 12 Jun 1734 Georg Albrecht

12 Jun 1734 - 25 May 1744 Karl Edzard

Hohenlohe

1568-1764 County of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

1764-1806 Principality of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Hohenlohe-Langenburg

1568-1590 Friedrich

1590-1606 Philip

1606-1610 Wolfgang

1610-1628 Philip Ernst

1628-1632 Ludwig Kraft

1632-1650 Joachim Albrecht

1632-1699 Heinrich Friedrich

05 Aug 1699 - 17 Apr 1715 Albrecht Wolfgang

17 Apr 1715 - 16 Jan 1765 Ludwig

16 Jan 1765 - 04 Jul 1789 Christian Albrect Ludwig

04 Jul 1789 - 12 Jul 1806 Karl Ludwig I

1825-1860 Ernst Christian Karl

1860 Karl Ludwig II

1860-1913 Herman

1913-1918 Ernst Wilhelm

Hohenzollern

Lippe

1076-1536 Lordship of Lippe

1536-1789 County of Lippe

1613-1749 Divided

1749      Reunited

1789-1918 Principality of Lippe

1918-1947 Free State

1947      To Nordrhein-Westfalen thereafter

Monarchs

1076-1096 Hermann I

1123-1128 Bernhard I

1123-1160 Hermann II

1160-1224 Bernhard II

1196-1229 Hermann III

1229-1265 Bernhard III

1229-1277 Simon I

1265-1274 Hermann IV

1265-1275 Bernhard IV

1275-1344 Simon II

1300-1334 Simon III

1344-1360 Otto I

1344-1365 Bernhard V

1360-1410 Simon IV

1410-1414 Bernhard VI

1414-1429 Simon V

1429-1511 Bernhard VII

1511-1536 Simon VI

1536-1563 Bernhard VIII

1563-1613 Simon VII

1613-1627 Simon VIII

1627-1636 Simon Ludwig I

1636-1650 Simon Philip I

1650-1653 Johann Bernhard

1653-1666 Herman Adolf

1666-1696 Simon Heinrich

1696-1718 Friedrich Adolf

1699-1724 Ferdinand Christian

1718-1734 Simon Friedrich Adolf

- Lippe reunited -

Princes

       1749 - 01 May 1782 Simon August

01 May 1782 - 04 Aug 1802 Leopold I

04 Aug 1802 - 01 Jan 1851 Leopold II

01 Jan 1851 - 08 Dec 1875 Leopold III

08 Dec 1875 - 20 Mar 1895 Gunther Friedrich

20 Mar 1895 - 13 Jan 1905 Karl

13 Jan 1905 - 12 Nov 1918 Leopold IV

Chairmen of the State Presidium

13 Feb 1919 - 17 Dec 1920 Clemens Backer ........................ 1869-1961

17 Dec 1920 - 08 Jun 1921 Heinrich Hermann Drake ................ 1881-1970

                          (1st Time)

08 Jun      - 14 Jun 1921 Wilhelm Meier

14 Jun 1921 - 07 Feb 1933 Heinrich Hermann Drake (2nd Time)

Ministers of State

07 Feb      - 23 May 1933 Ernst Krappe .......................... 1891-1977

23 May 1933 -        1936 Hans Joachim Riecke ................... 1899-1987

16 May 1933 - 04 Apr 1945 Alfred Meyer .......................... 1891-1945

                          (Reichsstatthalter)

09 May 1945 - 21 Jan 1947 Heinrich Hermann Drake (3rd Time)

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Schaumberg-Lippe

1647-1918 Principality

1918-1946 Free State

Princes

19 Jul 1647 - 20 Apr 1681 Philip I

20 Apr 1681 - 13 Jun 1728 Friedrich Christian

13 Jun 1728 - 24 Sep 1748 Albrecht Wolfgang

24 Sep 1748 - 10 Sep 1777 Wilhelm Friedrich

10 Sep 1777 - 13 Feb 1787 Philip II

13 Feb 1787 - 21 Nov 1860 Georg I

13 Feb 1787 - 09 Nov 1799 Juliane Wilhelmine Louise

                           Landgräfin von Hessen-Philippsthal

13 Feb 1787 -        1807 Johann Ludwig Reichsgraf

                           von Wallmoden-Grimorn

                           (co-regent to 1799)

21 Nov 1860 - 08 May 1893 Adolf I

08 May 1893 - 29 Apr 1911 Georg II

29 Apr 1911 - 16 Nov 1918 Adolf II

State Councillors

14 Mar 1919 - 22 May 1922 Heinrich Friedrich Otto Bömers

22 May 1922 - 28 May 1925 Konrad Wippermann

28 May 1925 - 07 Oct 1927 Erich Steinbrecher

07 Oct 1927 - 07 Mar 1933 Heinrich Lorenz

01 Apr      - 23 May 1933 Hans Joachim Riecke

State Presidents

16 May 1933 - 04 Apr 1945 Alfred Meyer

                          (Reichsstatthalter)

23 May 1933 -    Apr 1945 Karl Heinrich Dreier

Minister

       1945 - 30 Apr 1946 Heinrich Hermann Drake

Nassau

- Nassau-Saarbrücken -

Princley Counts

19 Oct 1677 - 14 Feb 1713 Ludwig Crato

14 Feb 1713 - 06 Dec 1723 Karl Ludwig

09 Feb 1723 - 25 May 1728 Friedrich Ludwig

25 May 1728 - 06 Dec 1735 Karl

06 Dec 1735 - 24 Jul 1768 Wilhelm Heinrich

24 Jul 1768 - 02 Mar 1794 Ludwig

02 Mar 1794 - 24 Apr 1797 Heinrich Ludwig Karl Albrecht

-Nassau-Usingen-

Princes

1355-1390 Ruprecht

04 Aug 1688 - 17 Oct 1702 Walrad

17 Oct 1702 - 14 Feb 1718 Wilhelm Heinrich

14 Feb 1718 - 21 Jun 1755 Karl

21 Jun 1755 - 17 May 1803 Karl Wilhelm

17 May 1803 - 31 Jul 1806 Friedrich August

-Nassau-Weilburg-

Counts

       1355 - 20 Sep 1371 Johann I

20 Sep 1371 - 02 Jul 1429 Philipp I

02 Jul 1429 - 19 Mar 1482 Philipp II

02 Jul 1429 - 1442        Johann II

25 Jul 1472 - 1480        Johann III

19 Mar 1482 - 28 May 1523 Ludwig I

28 May 1523 - 04 Oct 1559 Philipp III

04 Oct 1561 - 11 Nov 1593 Albrecht I

11 Oct 1593 - 1597        Wilhelm

       1597 - 08 Nov 1627 Ludwig II

08 Nov 1627 - 1629        Wilhelm Ludwig

08 Nov 1627 - 1629        Johann IV

08 Nov 1627 - 16 Apr 1655 Ernst Kasimir

16 Apr 1655 - 18 Sep 1675 Friedrich

Princes (from 1688)

18 Sep 1675 - 17 Feb 1719 Johann Ernst

17 Feb 1719 - 09 Nov 1753 Karl August

09 Nov 1753 - 28 Nov 1788 Karl Christian

28 Nov 1788 - 30 Aug 1806 Friedrich Wilhelm

- Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein -

Prince

04 Aug 1688 - 26 Oct 1721 Georg August Samuel

Mergentheim

1219-1526 Mergentheim a possession of the Teutonic Order

1526-1809 Seat of the Grand Master

1809      Order dissolved, Mergentheim annexed to Württemberg

Prince-Grand Masters

16 Dec 1526 - 04 Jun 1543 Walter von Cronberg

14 Jun 1543 - 11 Feb 1566 Wolfgang Schutzbar, gen.

                           von Milchling

18 Feb 1566 - 17 Jun 1572 Georg Hund von Wenckheim

06 Aug 1572 - 12 Dec 1590 Heinrich VIII von Bobenhause

12 Dec 1590 - 02 Nov 1618 Maximilian Erzherzog von

                           Österreich

14 Jan 1619 - 28 Dec 1624 Karl I von Österreich

19 Mar 1625 - 25 Oct 1627 Johann Eustach von Westernach

30 Dec 1627 - 21 Nov 1641 Johann Kaspar I, graf von

                           Stadion zu Freudenthal

04 May 1642 - 20 Nov 1662 Leopold Wilhelm Erzherzog

                           von Österreich

05 May 1662 - 27 Jan 1664 Karl Josef Erzherzog von

                           Österreich

20 Mar 1684 - 09 Sep 1684 Johann Kasper II von Ampringen

12 Jul 1694 - 18 Apr 1732 Ludwig Franz Pfalzgraf bei Rhein

                           und Fürst von Neunburg

17 Jul 1732 - 04 Feb 1761 Clemens August Herzog von Bayern

03 May 1761 - 04 Jul 1780 Karl Alexander Herzog von

                           Lothringen

25 Oct 1780 - 27 Jul 1801 Maximilian Franz Erzherzog von

                           Österreich

27 Jul 1801 - 30 Jun 1804 Karl II Ludwig Johann Erzherzog

                           von Österreich

30 Jun 1804 - 24 Apr 1809 Anton Viktor Josef Raymund

                           Erzherzog von Österreich

Reuss

1099 Ruling house founded by Heinrich the Pius "der Frommer"

     in Gera

c.1303 The founder of the junior Plauen line adopts the byname

         "der Reusse" (the Russian)

1564      Split into 3 lines

1919-1920 People's state of Reuss

Minister of State

17 Apr 1919 - 01 May 1920 Karl Eduard Emil Franz Moritz
                           Freiherr von Brandenstein

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Reuss-Greiz (Senior Line)

Princes

17 Mar 1768 - 28 Jun 1800 Heinrich XI

28 Jun 1800 - 29 Jan 1817 Heinrich XIII

29 Jun 1817 - 31 Oct 1836 Heinrich XIX

31 Oct 1836 - 08 Nov 1859 Heinrich XX

08 Nov 1859 - 19 Apr 1902 Heinrich XXII

19 Apr 1902 - 11 Nov 1918 Heinrich XXIV

15 Oct      - 11 Nov 1918 Heinrich XXVII

                          (Regent)

Leading Minister of State

   Nov 1918 - 17 Apr 1919 Wilhelm Oberländer

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Reuss Schleiz-Gera (Junior Line from 1802)

Princes

       1673 - 28 Mar 1692 Heinrich I

28 Mar 1692 - 28 Jul 1726 Heinrich XI

28 Jul 1726 - 06 Dec 1744 Heinrich I

06 Dec 1744 - 25 Jun 1784 Heinrich XII

25 Jun 1784 - 17 Apr 1818 Heinrich XLII

17 Apr 1818 - 19 Jun 1854 Heinrich LXII

19 Jun 1854 - 11 Jul 1867 Heinrich LXVII

11 Jul 1867 - 29 Mar 1913 Heinrich XIV

29 Mar 1913 - 11 Nov 1918 Heinrich XXVII

Leading Minister of State

10 Nov 1918 - 17 Apr 1919 Karl Eduard Emil Franz Moritz

                           Freiherr von Brandenstein

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Reuss Schleiz-Köstritz

1692-1748 Heinrich XXIV

1748-1783 Heinrich VI

1783-1814 Heinrich XLIII

1814-1856 Heinrich LXIV

1856-1878 Heinrich LXIX

1878-1894 Heinrich IV

1894 - 02 Oct 1910 Heinrich XXIV

02 Oct 1910-1918 Heinrich XXXIX

Rheina-Wohlbeck

1802-1806 Principality of Rheina-Wohlbeck

Princes

23 Nov 1802 - 20 Mar 1803 Wilhelm Josef Alexander,

Herzog von Looz-Corswarem

20 Mar 1803 - 27 Jul 1806 Josef Arnold

Salm-Salm

1574-1623 County of Salm-Salm

1623-1810 Principality of Salm-Salm

1810-1813 Annexed by France

1813-1815 Allied administration

1815 Annexed by Prussia

Princes

23 Dec 1663 - 10 Nov 1710 Karl Theodor Otto

10 Nov 1710 - 23 Nov 1738 Ludwig Otto

23 Nov 1738 - 04 Feb 1770 Nikolaus Leopold

04 Feb 1770 - 29 Jul 1778 Ludwig Otto Karl

14 Sep 1773 - 22 Nov 1783 Maria Louise Eleonore von Hessen

(regent)

29 Jul 1778 - 13 Dec 1810 Konstantin Alexander Josef

Schwarzburg

- Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt -

1711-1918 Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

1909      Personal union with Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

1918-1920 Free State

1920      Part of Thuringen

Princes

15 Dec 1710 - 24 Jun 1718 Ludwig Friedrich I

24 Jun 1718 - 01 Sep 1744 Friedrich Anton

01 Sep 1744 - 10 Jul 1767 Johann Friedrich

10 Jul 1767 - 29 Aug 1790 Ludwig Günther IV

29 Aug 1790 - 13 Apr 1793 Friedrich Anton

13 Apr 1793 - 28 Apr 1807 Ludwig Friedrich II

28 Apr 1807 - 28 Jun 1867 Friedrich Günther

28 Jun 1867 - 26 Nov 1869 Albrecht

26 Nov 1869 - 19 Jan 1890 Georg Albrecht

19 Jan 1890 - 22 Nov 1918 Günther Viktor

Leading Minister of State

23 Nov 1918 - 01 May 1920 Emil Hartmann

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- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen -

1697-1918 Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

1909      Princely line extinct

1909-1918 Personal union with Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

1918-1920 Free State

1920      Part of Thuringen

Princes

13 Sep 1697 - 20 Dec 1716 Anton Günther II

13 Sep 1697 - 19 May 1721 Christian Wilhelm

10 May 1721 - 28 Nov 1740 Günther XXVI

28 Nov 1740 - 06 Nov 1758 Heinrich XXXVIII

06 Nov 1758 - 14 Oct 1794 Christian Günther III

14 Oct 1794 - 19 Aug 1835 Günther Friedrich Karl I

19 Aug 1835 - 17 Jul 1880 Günther Friedrich Karl II

17 Jul 1880 - 28 Mar 1909 Karl Günther

Leading Ministers of State

   Nov 1918 -    Mar 1919 Harald Bielfeld

   Mar 1919 - 01 May 1920 Wilhelm Bärwinkwl

Thurn und Taxis

1695-1806 Principality of Thurn and Taxis

1806 Mediatised to Baveria

Princes

13 Sep 1676 - 21 Feb 1714 Eugene Alexandar Franz

21 Feb 1714 - 08 Nov 1739 Anselm Franz

08 Nov 1739 - 17 Mar 1773 Alexandar Ferdenand

17 Mar 1773 - 13 Nov 1805 Karl Anselm

13 Nov 1805 - 15 Jul 1827 Karl Alexandar

15 Jul 1827 - 10 Nov 1871 Maximilian Karl

10 Nov 1871 - 02 Jun 1885 Maximilian

02 Jun 1885 - 11 Nov 1918 Albrecht

Waldeck-Pyrmont

1180-1397 County of Waldeck

1397      Divided

1692-1712 County of Waldeck-Pyrmont

1712-1805 Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont

1805-1812 Waldeck and Pyrmont separated

1812-1918 Reunited

Count

29 Nov 1692 - 12 Dec 1706 Christian Ludwig

Princes

12 Dec 1706 - 01 Jan 1728 Friedrich Anton Ulrich

01 Jan      - 17 May 1728 Christian Philipp

17 May 1728 - 29 Aug 1763 Karl August Friedrich

29 Aug 1763 - 24 Sep 1812 Friedrich I

24 Sep 1812 - 09 Sep 1813 Georg

09 Sep 1813 - 15 May 1845 Georg Friedrich Heinrich

15 May 1845 - 12 May 1893 Georg Viktor

12 May 1893 - 13 Nov 1918 Friedrich II

State Directors

13 Nov 1918 - 01 Sep 1920 Karl Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm

                           von Redern

01 Sep 1920 - 07 Feb 1929 Wilhelm Schmieding

25 Feb      - 31 Mar 1929 Herbert Herberg

Weid-Neuwied

1698-1741 Couty of Neuwied

1741-1806 Mediatised to Prussia

1919      Abolsihed

- Weid-Neuwied -

03 May 1698 - 17 Sep 1737 Friedrich Wilhelm

17 Sep 1737 - 07 Aug 1791 Johann Friedrich Alexandar

07 Aug 1791 - 01 Mar 1802 Friedrich Karl I

01 Mar 1802 -        1836 Johann Karl

       1836 - 05 Mar 1864 Hermann III

05 Mar 1864 - 22 Oct 1907 Wilhelm V

22 Oct 1907 -    Jan 1919 Wilhelm Friedrich