List of the tribal dukes of Saxony

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The rulers of the medieval tribal duchy of Saxony are listed below.

image Surname Reign gender Remarks
Widukind2 b.jpg Widukind before 777-785 Odons  
Ekbert after 800 Ekbertines  
Cobbo after 820 Ekbertines  
Liudolf, Duke of Saxony.jpg Liudolf from 840 Liudolfinger  
Seal Heinrich I Posse.JPG Heinrich I. der Vogler 912-936 Liudolfinger also East Franconian King (919–936)
017 otto seal 2.jpg Otto II the great 936-960 Liudolfinger also East Franconian King and Roman Emperor (936 / 62–973),
King of Italy (951–973)
Hermann I. 960-973 Billunger  
Bernhard I. 973-1011 Billunger  
Bernhard II. 1011-1059 Billunger  
Ordulf 1059-1072 Billunger  
Magnus 1072-1106 Billunger  
Seal Lothar III.jpg Lothar 1106-1137 Supplinburger also Roman-German King and Emperor (1125 / 33–1137),
King of Italy (1128–1137)
Henry II the Proud 1137-1139 Guelphs also Duke of Bavaria (1126–1139)
In the dispute between the Staufers and Welfen , King Konrad III withdrew the Welfs the Duchy of Saxony and instead enfeoffed the Ascanians .
Albert I of Brandenburg.jpg Albrecht I the bear 1138-1142 Ascanians also Margrave of Brandenburg (1157–1170)
Since Albrecht the Bear was unable to assert himself as a duke in Saxony, King Konrad III. the Duchy of the Guelphs Heinrich the Lion, a son of Henry the Proud.
Braunschweig Brunswick Heinrich the Loewe (Dom 2005) .jpg Henry III. the lion 1142-1180 Guelphs also Duke of Bavaria (1156–1180)
Friedrich Barbarossa imposes the imperial ban on Henry the Lion and smashes the duchy. The western part ( Westphalia ) falls to Philip I of Heinsberg , Archbishop of Cologne . On April 13, 1180 , Bernhard von Sachsen was again an Ascanian who was ducal to Saxony . However, both do not succeed in establishing extensive territorial rule over the areas of the old Duchy of Saxony assigned to them, so that the Archbishop can only consolidate part of the Duchy of Westphalia and the new Ascanian "Duchy of Saxony" only through the title and some imperial fiefs ( Lauenburg , Wittenberg ) is formed. In the rest of the area of ​​the old Duchy of Saxony, several dozen other imperial directorial principalities and principalities emerged.
In 1235 the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg was created from the property of the Guelphs , which was given as an imperial fief to Otto the child , a grandson of Henry the Lion. It later developed into the Kingdom of Hanover and the Duchy of Braunschweig , which together again made up about half of the old tribal duchy.

See also