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Swabia
The Swabian duchy had its roots in the tribal confederation of the
Alemanni, which was first mentioned in 213 and frequently carried out
raids into Roman territory. In the middle of the third century had they
conquered the region in south western Germany, which thereafter would be
called Alemannia. They lost their independence 496 when they were defeated
by the Frankish king Clovis but they continued to be ruled by dukes who
often rebelled against the Franks. It was because of that Charlemagne
deposed the last duke of the Alemanni and did not appoint a new one. The
historical sources does not contain much information about the dukes of
the Alemanni and it is therefore not possible to provide a coherent list
of regents. The information that is known is listed below.
Dukes of the Alemanni
3rd century:
4th century: |
Chroc (253)
Agenarich (Serapio) Chorus, Suomar, Hortar, Ur, Ursicin, Vestralp,
Hariobaud, Chronodemar (357), Gundomad (357), Vadomar (-360),
Vithicab Vadomarsson (360-368), Macrian, Priarius (-378) |
5th century:
6th century: |
Gibuld (-470)
Butilin (536-554), Leuthari (536-554), Haming (-539), Leutfred I
(570-587), Uncilin (588-613) |
7th century:
8th century: |
Gunzo (-613), Chrodobert
(615-639), Leutfred II (640-673/95)
Gotfrid (700-709), Huocin (-712), Willehari (-712), Lanfred I
(709-730), Nebi (-746) Theodobald (737-744), Lanfred II (746-749),
Gerold (791-799), Isenbard (799-806) |
The name Alemannia was later changed to Swabia, which was
derived from the Suevi who are believed to have been one of the tribes in
the Alemanni confederation. During the ninth century was Swabia a Frankish
part kingdom given to members of the Carolingian dynasty but it was
finally united with the East Frankish kingdom (Germany) 882. Thereafter
was Swabia one of the so called tribal duchies that played a significant
roll in Germany's early history. From 1079 was Swabia ruled by the Hohenstaufen
dynasty, which from 1138 also was Germany's royal dynasty. When the Hohenstaufen
dynasty became extinct 1268 was Swabia dissolved into several different
counties. A short lived attempt to restore the duchy of Swabia was made by
the house of Habsburg who controlled large parts of Swabia, but even this
duchy was dissolved 1313.
Kingdom of Swabia
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