Listed here are the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.
Carolingian Dynasty[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Charles I the Great (Charlemagne) | 800 - 814 | King of the Franks |
Louis I the Pious | 814 - 833 | Deposed 833 |
Lothar I | 833 - 834 | Deposed 834 |
Louis I the Pious | 834 - 840 | |
Lothar I | 840 - 855 | King of the Central Franks |
Louis II | 855 - 875 | King of Italy |
Charles II the Bald | 875 - 877 | King of the Western Franks, King of Italy |
interregnum | ||
Charles III the Fat | 881 - 888 | King of the Eastern Franks, King of Alemannia |
interregnum |
Italian Dynasty[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Guy | 891 - 894 | King of Italy, Marquis of Ivrea |
Lambert | 894 - 896 | King of Italy |
Carolingian Dynasty[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Arnulf | 896 | King of Germany, King of Italy, Duke of Carinthia |
Italian Dynasty[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Lambert | 896 - 898 | King of Italy |
interregnum |
Carolingian Dynasty[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Louis III the Blind | 901 - 905 | King of Lower Burgundy, King of Italy |
Italian Dynasty[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Berengar | 905 - 924 | King of Italy, Marquis of Ivrea |
interregnum |
Saxon Dynasty[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Otto I the Great | 962 - 973 | King of Germany, Duke of Saxony |
Otto II | 973 - 983 | King of Germany |
Otto III | 983 - 1002 | King of Germany |
interregnum | ||
Henry I the Saint | 1014 - 1024 | King of Germany, Duke of Bavaria |
interregnum |
Salian Dynasty[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Conrad of Franconia | 1027 - 1039 | King of Germany, Duke of Franconia |
interregnum | ||
Henry II the Black | 1046 - 1056 | King of Germany, Duke of Franconia |
interregnum | ||
Henry III | 1084 - 1106 | King of Germany, Duke of Franconia |
Henry IV | 1106 - 1125 | King of Germany |
interregnum |
House of Supplinburg[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Lothar II of Supplinburg | 1133 - 1137 | King of Germany, Duke of Saxony |
interregnum |
House of Hohenstaufen[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Frederick I Barbarossa | 1155 - 1190 | King of Germany, Duke of Swabia |
Henry V | 1191 - 1197 | King of Germany |
interregnum |
House of Welf[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Otto IV | 1209 - 1218 | King of Germany, Duke of Brunswick |
interregnum |
House of Hohenstaufen[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Frederick II Stupor Mundi | 1220 - 1250 | King of Germany, Duke of Swabia |
Conrad III | 1250 - 1254 | King of Germany, Duke of Swabia |
interregnum |
House of Luxembourg[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Henry VI | 1309 - 1318 | King of Germany, Count of Luxembourg |
interregnum |
House of Wittelsbach[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Louis IV | 1328 - 1347 | King of Germany, Consul of Rome, Duke of Upper Bavaria |
interregnum |
House of Luxembourg[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Charles IV | 1355 - 1378 | King of Germany and Bohemia, Count of Luxembourg |
interregnum | ||
Wenceslaus | 1383 - 1419 | King of Germany and Bohemia, Count of Luxembourg |
interregnum | ||
Sigismund | 1433 - 1437 | King of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary |
interregnum |
House of Habsburg[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Frederick III | 1452 - 1493 | King of Germany, Archduke of Austria, etc. |
Maximilian I | 1493 - 1519 | King of Germany, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Styria, Count of Tyrol |
Charles V | 1519 - 1558 | King of Germany and Spain, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Milan, Margrave of Carniola, etc. |
Ferdinand I | 1558 - 1564 | King of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Archduke of Austria, etc. |
Maximilian II | 1564 - 1576 | King of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Archduke of Austria, etc. |
Rudolph V | 1576 - 1612 | King of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Archduke of Austria, etc. |
Mathias | 1612 - 1619 | King of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Archduke of Austria, etc. |
Ferdinand II | 1619 - 1637 | King of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Archduke of Austria, etc. |
Ferdinand III | 1637 - 1657 | King of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Archduke of Austria, etc. |
Leopold I | 1657 - 1705 | King of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Archduke of Austria, etc. |
Joseph I | 1705 - 1711 | King of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Archduke of Austria, etc. |
Charles VI | 1711 - 1740 | King of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Archduke of Austria, etc. |
interregnum |
House of Wittelsbach[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Charles VII Albert | 1742 - 1745 | King of Germany, Duke of Bavaria |
House of Lorraine-Habsburg (Vaudemont)[]
Name |
Reign |
Notes |
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Francis I | 1745 - 1765 | Husband of Archduchess Maria Theresia |
Joseph II | 1765 - 1790 | King of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Archduke of Austria, etc. |
Leopold I | 1790 - 1792 | King of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Archduke of Austria, etc. |
Francis II | 1792 - 1806 | King of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Archduke of Austria, etc. |
In 1806 the Holy Roman Empire was abolished.
See Also[]
- List of German Kaisers
- List of Roman Emperors