Holy Roman Emperors

## List of Emperors of Francia

title of the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

names that are not bolded are only Kings of the Germans/Kings of the Romans, not Holy Roman Emperors

### Carolingian Dynasty (768-911)

**Karl I ‘the Great’** (768-814, Emperor 800-814)

**Ludwig I ‘the Pious’** (814-840)

Ludwig II ‘the German’ (843-876)

Karl II ‘Carloman’ (876-880)

Ludwig III ‘the Younger’ (880-882)

**Karl III ‘the Fat’** (881-888)

**Arnulf** (887-899, Emperor 896-899)

Ludwig IV ‘the Child’ (899-911)

### Ottonian Dynasty (919-1024)

Heinrich I ‘the Fowler’ (919-936)

Arnulf ‘the Evil’ (919-921)

**Otto I ‘the Great’** (936-973, Emperor 962-973)

After the reign of Otto the Great, all Kings of Germany would have to be elected by the Imperial electors and then coronated Holy Roman Emperor or Emperor of the Romans by the Pope.

**Otto II ‘the Red’** (961-983, Emperor 967-983)

**Otto III** (983-1002, Emperor 996-1002)

**Heinrich II ‘the Saint’** (996-1024, Emperor 1014-1024)

After the reign of Heinrich II, the titles of ‘King of the Romans’ and ‘King of the Germans’ were considered equal.

### Salian Dynasty (1024-1125)

**Konrad II** (1024-1039, Emperor 1027-1039)

**Heinrich III** (1028-1056, Emperor 1046-1056)

**Heinrich IV** (1056-1105, Emperor 1184-1105)

Rudolf (1077-1080)

Hermann (1080-1088)

Conrad (1087-1101)

**Heinrich V** (1099-1125, Emperor 1111-1125)

### Supplinburger Dynasty (1125-1137)

**Lothar II** (1125-1137, Emperor 1133-1137)

### Hohenstaufen Dynasty (1138-1197) [First]

Konrad III (1127-1152)

Heinrich Berengar (1147-1150)

**Friedrich I ‘Barbarossa’** (1152-1190, Emperor 1155-1190)

**Heinrich VI** (1169-1197, Emperor 1191-1197)

Philipp (1198-1208)

### Hohenstaufen Dynasty (1212-1254) [Second]

**Friedrich II, Holy Roman Emperor** (1196-1197, 1212-1250, Emperor 1220-1250)

Heinrich (1220-1235)

Konrad IV (1237-1254)

## Notes

1. ↑ Coronated Emperor of the Romans in 881, King of the Germans in 882
2. ↑ Illegitimate son of Carloman
3. ↑ Konrad was the first of the German Kings to be elected by the nobility
4. ↑ Second King of the Germans to be elected by the nobility
5. ↑ Rival King to Heinrich I. Member of the House of Liutpoldings.
6. ↑ King of Germany in the name of his father, Otto I, while he was alive. Also coronated Emperor during his father’s lifetime
7. ↑ Final member of the Ottonian dynasty
8. ↑ King of Germany under his father, Konrad II
9. ↑ Forced by his son, Heinrich V, to abdicate in 1105.
10. ↑ Rival King to Heinrich IV, Member of the House of Rheinfeld.
11. ↑ Rival King to Heinrich IV. Member of the House of Salm.
12. ↑ King of Germany under his father, Heinrich IV from 1087-1098. Rival King to Heinrich IV from 1095-1101.
13. ↑ King of Germany under his father 1095-1099
14. ↑ Rival King to Lothar II from 1127-1135
15. ↑ King of Germany under his father Konrad III
16. ↑ King of Germany under his father, Friedrich Barbarossa from 1169-1190
17. ↑ Rival King to Otto IV
18. ↑ Otto was forced to abdicate due to Friedrich II in 1215. He died in 1218.
19. ↑ King of Germany under his father, Heinrich VI, in 1196. Rival King to Otto IV from 1212-1215.
20. ↑ King of Germany under his father, Friedrich II.
21. ↑ King of Germany under his father, Friedrich II, from 1237-1250. Died heirless, starting the Great Interregnum
22. ↑ Rival King to Friedrich II
23. ↑ Rival King to Friedrich II and Konrad IV from 1247-1254
24. ↑ No real power within the Holy Roman Empire
25. ↑ Had no real authority in Germany. Rival King to Richard of Cornwall. Gave up claim to the Holy Roman Empire shortly after Rudolf I was elected King of the Romans.
26. ↑ First member of the House of Habsburgs to be elected to Germany. Rival king of Alfons from 1273-1275.