This is a list of the rulers of Thuringia, a historical and political region of Central Germany. Kings of Thuringia 450–500 Bisinus 500–530 Baderich 500–530 Berthachar 500–531 Herminafried Conquered by the Franks. Frankish dukes of Thuringia Merovingian dukes 632–642 Radulf I, "King of Thuringia" after 641 642–687 Heden I 687–689 Gozbert 689–719 Heden II, son Carolingian dukes 849–873 Thachulf, Margrave of the Sorbian March 874–880 Radulf II, son 880–892 Poppo, House of Babenberg, dux Thuringorum in 892, deposed 882–886 Egino, brother 892–906 Conrad, ancestor of the Conradiner dynasty 907–908 Burchard, last duke, killed in battle against the Hungarians Ruled by the Margraves of Meissen 1000–1002 Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen since 985, assassinated 1002–1003 William II, Count of Weimar 1046–1062 William IV, grandson, Margrave of Meissen 1062–1067 Otto, brother, Margrave of Meissen 1067–1090 Egbert II, son-in-law, Count of Brunswick from the Brunonen dynasty, killed in 1090, line extinct Landgraves of Thuringia Winzenburger 1111/1112–1130 Herman I, Count of Winzenburg (deposed in 1130; died in 1138) Ludovingians 1031–1056 Louis the Bearded 1056–1123 Louis the Springer 1123–1140 Louis I (first Landgrave from 1131) 1140–1172 Louis II the Iron 1172–1190 Louis III the Pious 1190–1217 Hermann I the Hard 1217–1227 Louis IV the Holy 1227–1241 Hermann II 1241–1242 Henry Raspe House of Wettin 1242–1265 Henry the Illustrious, Margrave of Meissen and Lusatia since 1221 1265–1294 Albert the Degenerate, son, Margrave of Meissen from 1288 until 1292, sold Thuringia to 1294–1298 Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of Germany (not Wettin) 1298–1307 Albert of Habsburg, King of Germany (not Wettin) 1298–1307 Theodoric IV, Margrave of Lusatia from 1291 until 1303 1298–1323 Frederick I 1323–1349 Frederick II 1349–1381 Frederick III 1349–1382 William I 1349–1406 Balthasar 1406–1440 Frederick IV 1440–1445 Frederick V 1445–1482 William II 1482–1485 Albert 1482–1486 Ernest 1486–1525 Frederick VI 1525–1532 John 1532–1547 John Frederick I 1542–1553 John Ernest 1554–1566 John Frederick II 1554–1572 John William Thuringia Thuringia Thuringia Thuringia-related lists