SCHWARZBURG-RUDOLSTADT

'Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt' was a small state in Germany, in the present-day state of Thuringia, with capital at Rudolstadt. It was founded after the partition of the schwarzburger possessions in 1599. A county until 1711, in that year it became a principality.
In late 1918, and during the German Revolution, resulting in the fall of all the German monarchies, the prince abdicated, and in 1920 the former principality became a part of the new state of Thuringia. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt had an area of and a population of 97,000 (1905).

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Rulers of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Counts of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Princes of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Heads of the princely house of Schwarzburg post-monarchy

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Rulers of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Counts of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

★ 1574–1605: Count Albrecht VII (1537–1605), son of Count Günther XL of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg

★ 1605–30: Count Charles Günther (1576–1630)

★ 1630–46: Count Louis Günther I (1581–1646)

★ 1646–62: Regent Emilie of Delmenhorst (1614–70)

★ 1662–1710: Count Albrecht Anton (1641–1710)

Princes of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

★ 1710–18: Prince Louis Frederick I (1667–1718)

★ 1718–44: Prince Frederick Anton (1692–1744)

★ 1744–67: Prince John Frederick (1721–67)

★ 1767–1790: Prince Louis Günther II (1708–90)

★ 1790–93: Prince Frederick Charles (1736–93)

★ 1793–1807: Prince Louis Frederick II (1767–1807)

★ 1807–14: Regent Caroline Luise of Hessen-Homburg (1771–1854)

★ 1814–67: Prince Frederick Günther (1793–1867)

★ 1867–69: Prince Albert (1798–1869)

★ 1869–90: Prince Georg Albert (1838–90)

★ 1890–1918: Prince Günther (1852–25) succeeded as Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in 1909 on the death of Prince Karl Günther.

Heads of the princely house of Schwarzburg post-monarchy

On the death of the childless Prince Günther Victor in 1925 he was succeeded by Prince Sizzo (1860–1926) who was the son of Prince Friedrich Günther (1793–1867) from his second, morganatic marriage. Prince Sizzo was recognised as a full member of the House of Schwarzburg in 1896.

★ 1918–25: Prince Günther (1852–1925)

★ 1925–26: Prince Sizzo (1860–1926)

★ 1926–1971 Prince Friedrich Günther (1901–71)

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★ House laws of Schwarzburg

★ Genealogy of the Princes of Schwarzburg