Upper Saxon Circle

Anhalt

1212 County of Anhalt

1218 Principality of Anhalt

1252        Divided into Anhald-Aschersleben, Anhalt-Bernburg and 

             Anhalt-Zerbst

1570 - 1603 Re-united 


Count and Prince

1212 - 1252 Ascania, Heinrich I

Princes

01 Mar 1570 - 06 Dec 1586 Ascania, Joachim Ernst

06 Dec 1586 - 1603        Ascania, Johann Georg I

06 Dec 1586 - 1603        Ascania, Christian I

06 Dec 1586 - 1603        Ascania, Rudolf I

06 Dec 1586 - 1603        Ascania, Ludwig I

06 Dec 1586 - 1603        Ascania, August I

Anhalt-Aschersleben

1252                      Principality of Anhalt-Aschersleben

1315                      Annexed by Halberstadt


Princes

       1252 - 12 Jun 1266 Heinrich II

12 Jun 1266 - 25 Jun 1304 Otto I

12 Jun 1266 - 1283        Heinrich III

                          (with Otto I)

25 Jun 1304 - 24 Jul 1315 Otto II

Anhalt-Bernburg

Princes

1252 - 1287 Ascania, Bernhard I

1287 - 1291 Ascania, Johann I

1287 - 1323 Ascania, Bernhard II

1323 - 1348 Ascania, Bernhard III

1348 - 1354 Ascania, Bernhard IV

1354 - 1374 Ascania, Heinrich IV

1374 - 1404 Ascania, Otto III

1404 - 1420 Ascania, Bernhard V

1404 - 1415 Ascania, Otto IV

1420 - 1468 Ascania, Bernhard VI

       1603 - 17 Apr 1630 Ascania, Christian I

17 Apr 1630 - 22 Sep 1656 Ascania, Christian II

22 Sep 1656 - 14 Feb 1718 Ascania, Viktor Amadeus

14 Feb 1718 - 22 Apr 1721 Ascania, Karl Friedrich

22 Apr 1721 - 18 May 1765 Ascania, Viktor Friedrich

18 May 1765 - 09 Apr 1796 Ascania, Friedrich Albrecht

09 Apr 1796 - 08 Apr 1806 Ascania, Alexius Friedrich Christian

Anhalt-Bernburg-Harzgerode

1630-1709 Separated from Anhalt-Bernburg

14 Sep 1709 Re-incorporated into Anhalt-Bernburg


Princes

17 Apr 1630 - 30 Jun 1670 Friedrich

30 Jun 1670 - 14 Dec 1709 Wilhelm

Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (Anhalt-Zeitz)

22 Apr 1657               Duchy of Saxe-Zeitz created as an

                          secundogeniture appanage for the second

                          son of Johann Georg I Elector of Saxony

14 Feb 1718               Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym separated from Anhalt-Bernburg

15 Nov 1718               Saxe-Zeitz line extinct

24 Dec 1812               Re-incorporated into Anhalt-Bernburg


Dukes

22 Apr 1657 - 04 Dec 1681 Wettin, Moritz 1619-1681

04 Dec 1681 - 15 Nov 1718 Wettin, Moritz Wilhelm 1664-1718

Princes

14 Feb 1718 - 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

Anhalt-Dessau

1396        Principality of Anhalt-Dessau split from Anhalt-Zerbst

1561 - 1603 Part of Anhalt-Zerbst

10 Jul 1603               Restored

18 Apr 1807               Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau


Princes

       1396 - 19 Jan 1405 Sigismund I

19 Jan 1405 - 22 Jul 1417 Waldmar VI

19 Jan 1405 - 1469        Albrecht V

19 Jan 1405 - 22 May 1452 Sigismund II

19 Jan 1405 - 22 Jul 1474 Georg I

22 Jul 1474 - 27 Nov 1487 Sigismund III

22 Jul 1474 - 25 Apr 1509 Georg II

22 Jul 1474 - 07 Sep 1510 Ruldof IV

22 Jul 1471 - 12 Jun 1516 Ernst I

12 Jun 1516 - 1544        Johann II

12 Jun 1516 - 1544        Georg III

12 Jun 1516 - 06 Dec 1561 Joachim I

10 Jul 1603 - 24 May 1618 Johann Georg I

24 May 1618 - 1632        Georg Aribert I

24 May 1618 - 15 Sep 1660 Johann Kasimir I

17 May 1660 - 07 Aug 1693 Johann Georg II

17 Aug 1693 - 09 Apr 1747 Leopold I

09 Apr 1747 - 16 Dec 1751 Leopold II

16 Dec 1751 - 18 Apr 1807 Leopold III

Anhalt-Köthen

1396 Principality of Anhalt-Köthen

1562 - 1603 To Anhalt-Zerbst

10 Jul 1603 Principality restored

23 Apr 1665 Merged with Anhalt-Plötzkau

01 Jun 1807 Elevated to Duchy of Anhalt-Köthen


Princes

       1396 - 24 Nov 1423 Ascania, Albrecht IV .......... 13..-1423

24 Nov 1423 - 28 Nov 1473 Ascania, Adolf I .............. 14..-1473

28 Aug 1423 - 1436        Ascania, Waldemar V ........... 13..-1436

                          (regent)

       1471 - 01 Nov 1423 Ascania, Waldemar VI .......... 1450-1508

28 Aug 1473 - 09 Jul 1475 Ascania, Albrecht VI .......... 14..-1475

09 Jul 1475 - 13 Nov 1500 Ascania, Philipp .............. 1468-1500

09 Jul 1475 - 1508        Ascania, Magnus ............... 1455-1524

09 Jul 1475 - 1508        Ascania, Adolf II ............. 1458-1526

13 Nov 1508 - 1562        Ascania, Wolfgang ............. 1492-1566

10 Jul 1603 - 07 Jan 1650 Ascania, Ludwig I ............. 1570-1650

07 Jan 1650 - 13 Apr 1665 Ascania, Wilhelm Ludwig ....... 1638-1665

07 Jan 1650 - 22 Aug 1653 Ascania, August von Anhalt-Plötzkau

                          (regent)

22 Aug 1653 - 1659        Ascania, Lebrecht von Anhalt-Plötzkau

                          (regent)

                        - Ascania, Emmanuel von Anhalt-Plötzkau 1631-1670

                          (co-regent)

13 Apr 1665 - 07 Nov 1669 Ascania, Lebrecht ............. 1622-1670

07 Nov 1669 - 08 Nov 1670 Ascania, Emmanuel ............. s.a

08 Nov 1670 - 27 Jan 1690 Anne Eleonore von Stolberg-Wernigerode 1651-1690

                          (regent)

20 May 1671 - 30 May 1704 Ascania, Emmanuel Lebrecht .... 1671-1704

27 Jan 1690 - 1692        Ascania, Johann Georg II ...... s.a

                          (regent)

30 May 1704 - 1715        Gisela Agnes von Rath ......... 1669-1740

                          (regent)

30 May 1704 - 19 Nov 1728 Ascania, Leopold .............. 1694-1728

19 Nov 1728 - 06 Aug 1755 Ascania, August Ludwig ........ 1697-1755

06 Aug 1755 - 17 Oct 1789 Ascania, Karl Georg Lebrecht .. 1730-1789

17 Oct 1789 - 31 May 1807 Ascania, August Christian Friedrich 1769-1812

Anhalt-Plötzkau

1544 - 17 Dec 1553 Principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau

17 Dec 1553               Part of Anhalt-Dessau

10 Jul 1603               Principality restored

13 Apr 1665               Part of Anhalt-Bernburg


Princes

       1544 - 17 Dec 1553 Ascania, Georg III ............ s.a

10 Jul 1603 - 22 Aug 1653 Ascania, August ............... 1575-1653

22 Aug 1653 - 13 Apr 1665 Ascania, Emmanuel ............. s.a

22 Aug 1653 - 07 Feb 1654 Ascania, Ernst Gottlieb ....... 1620-1654

                          (co-Prince)

07 Feb 1654 - 13 Apr 1665 Ascania, Lebrecht ............. s.a

                          (co-prince)

Anhalt-Zerbst

       1252               Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst partitioned

                          from Anhalt

       1396               Partitioned into Anhalt-Dessau and 

                          Anhalt-Koethen

       1544               Principality restored

06 Dec 1586               Partitioned

10 Jul 1603               Anhalt-Zerbst restored

03 Mar 1793               Divided by Anhalt-Bernaburg, Anhalt-Dessau,                             Anhalt-Koethen and Russia (in Jever)


Princes

       1252 - 25 Mar 1298 Ascania, Sigfried I

25 Mar 1298 - 17 Aug 1316 Ascania, Albrecht I

17 Aug 1316 - 17 Jul 1362 Ascania, Albrecht II

            - 01 Aug 1359 Ascania, Albrecht III

                          (regent)

17 Aug 1316 - 07 Jan 1368 Ascania, Waldemar I

17 Jul 1362 - 11 Apr 1382 Ascania, Johann II 

17 Jul 1368 - 24 Aug 1371 Ascania, Waldemar II

                          (co-prince)

11 Apr 1382 - 1396        Ascania, Sigmund I

11 Apr 1382 - 1396        Ascania, Albrecht IV

                          (co-prince)

11 Apr 1382 - 1391        Ascania, Waldemar III

                          (co-prince)

       1544 - 04 Feb 1551 Ascania, Johann V von Anhalt-Dessau

04 Feb 1551 - 04 May 1561 Ascania, Karl I ............... 1534-1561

04 Feb 1561 - 01 Mar 1570 Ascania, Bernhard VII ......... 1540-1570

                          (co-prince)

04 Feb 1551 - 06 Dec 1586 Ascania, Joachim Ernst ........ 1536-1586

                          (co-prince)

10 Jul 1603 - 30 Jul 1621 Ascania, Rudolf ............... 1576-1621

30 Jul 1621 - 14 Jul 1667 Ascania, Johann VI ............ 1621-1667

14 Jul 1667 - 03 Nov 1718 Ascania, Karl Wilhelm ......... 1652-1718

03 Nov 1718 - 07 Nov 1742 Ascania, Johann August I ...... 1677-1742

07 Nov 1742 - 05 Nov 1746 Ascania, Johann Ludwig II ..... 1688-1746

07 Nov 1742 - 16 Mar 1747 Ascania, Christian August ..... 1690-1747

16 Mar 1747 - 03 Mar 1793 Ascania, Friedrich August ..... 1734-1793

16 Apr 1747 - 1752        Johanna Elisabeth

                           von Holstein-Gottorp ......... 1712-1760

                          (regent)

03 Mar 1793 - 17 Nov 1796 Ascania, Sophie Auguste Friederike

                          (Catherine II of Russia)

Barby

c. 1060 Lordship of Barby

12.. Partitioned into Barby-Arnstein, Barby-Barby and Barby-Lindow

1360 County of Barby-Ruppin (elder partition of Barby-Lindow younger line)

1497 Barby an imperial county

1595 County of Barby-Mühlingen

1659 To Saxony

1680 Recreated as Duchy of Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby

1739 To Saxony





Counts

c. 1060 Walter I von Arnstedt

1120    Walter II

1122    Anno

1135 - 1166 Walter III

1172 - 1199 Walter IV

Barby-Arnstein

1209 - 1229 Albrecht

1229 - 1284 Walter

Barby-Barby

1213 - 1253 Walter I

1268        Albrecht I

1260        Günther I

1260 - 1271 Burchard I 

1260 - 1282 Walter II

1271 - 1314 Albrecht II

1271 - 1318 Albrecht III

1281 - 1332 Walter IV

1284 - 1308 Burchard II

1318 - 1332 Albrecht IV

1332 - 1404 Günther II

1332 - 1358 Albrecht V

1404 - 1405 Johann

1405 - 1420 Burchard III

1420 - 1493 Günther IV

1493 - 1506 Burchard IV

1506 - 1515 Justus I

1515 - 1535 Balthasar

1535 - 1565 Wolfgang I

1565 - 1615 Wolfgang II

1615 - 1617 Wolfgang Friedrich

1617 - 1651 Justus Günther 

Barby-Lindow

1211 - 1256 Gebhard

1256 - 1284 Günther I

1256 - 1279 Walter

1360 - 1372 Ulrich III

- Barby-Lindow Elder Line - 

1284 - 1290 Albrecht

1290 - 1346 Christopher I

1346 - 1360 Waldemar

- Barby-Lindow Intermediate Line - 

1284 - 1311 Burchard 

1311 - 1312 Günther II

1316 - 1360 Ulrich II

- Barby-Lindow Younger Line - 

1284 - 1316 Ulrich I

1609 - 1641 Albrecht Friedrich

1641 - 1659 August Ludwig

Barby-Ruppin

1360 - 1377 Günther IV

1360 - 1391 Albrecht II

1391 - 1413 Günther V

1391 - 1420 Albrecht III

1420 - 1460 Albrecht IV

1460 - 1500 Johann II

1500 - 1507 Joachim

1507 - 1524 Wichmann

Barby-Mühlingen

1595 - 1609               Justus III

       1609 - 07 Dec 1641 Albrecht Friedrich von Mühlingen 1597-1641

07 Dec 1641 - 1659        August Ludwig

Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby

       1659 - 04 Jun 1680 Wettin, August

04 Jun 1680 - 16 Feb 1728 Wettin, Heinrich 1657-1728

16 Feb 1728 - 12 Jun 1739 Wettin, Georg Albrecht 1695-1739

Brandenburg


20 May 965 Nordmark founded

11 Jun 1157               Margraviate of Brandenburg

25 Dec 1356               The Golden Bull confirms the Margrave of Brandenburg as

                          a Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire

18 Jul 1618 - 18 Jan 1701 In Personal union with Prussia as Brandenburg-Prussia

18 Jan 1701               Incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia

06 Aug 1806               Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire (end of the Electral style Kurfurst)


Markgrafen (Margraves)

1157-1170 Albrecht I "de Bar"

1170-1184 Otto I

1184-1205 Otto II

1205-1220 Albrecht II

1220-1266 Johann I

1220-1267 Otto III

(co-ruler)

1323 - 1351               Wittlesbach, Ludwig I

       1351 - 17 May 1356 Wittlesbach, Ludwig II

Kurfursten und Markgrafen (Prince-Electors and Margraves)

17 May 1356 - 18 Aug 1373 Wittlesbach, Otto VII

02 Oct 1373 - 29 Nov 1378 Luxemburg, Wenzel

29 Nov 1378 - 1388        Luxemburg, Sigismund (1st Time)

       1388 - 16 Jan 1411 Luxemburg, Jobst

16 Jan 1411 - 30 Apr 1415 Luxemburg, Sigismund (2nd Time)

30 Apr 1415 - 20 Sep 1440 Hohenzollern, Friedrich I

13 Jan 1426 - 20 Sep 1440 Hohenzollern, Johann........................ 1406-1464 "der Alchimist"

                          (regent for Friedrich II)

20 Sep 1440 - 10 Feb 1471 Hohenzollern, Friedrich II "der Eisener"

10 Feb 1471 - 11 Mar 1486 Hohenzollern, Albrecht III Achilles

11 Mar 1486 - 09 Jan 1499 Hohenzollern, Johann Cicero

09 Jan 1499 - 11 Jul 1535 Hohenzollern, Joachim I Nestor

11 Jul 1535 - 03 Jan 1571 Hohenzollern, Joachim II Hector

03 Jan 1571 - 08 Jan 1598 Hohenzollern, Johann Georg

08 Jan 1598 - 28 Jul 1608 Hohenzollern, Joachim Friedrich

28 Jul 1608 - 03 Nov 1619 Hohenzollern, Johann Sigismund

03 Nov 1619 - 01 Dec 1640 Hohenzollern, Georg Wilhelm

01 Dec 1640 - 09 May 1688 Hohenzollern, Friedrich Wilhelm

09 May 1688 - 18 Jan 1701 Hohenzollern, Friedrich III

18 Jan 1618 - 06 Aug 1806 The Kings of Prussia