Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was a small historic state in

present-day Thuringia, Germany, with its capital at Rudolstadt. County (Principality) of
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Grafschaft (Frstentum)
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Contents State of the Holy Roman Empire
1 History (until 1806),
State of the Confederation of the
2 Rulers of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Rhine,
2.1 Counts of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
State of the German
2.2 Princes of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Confederation,
2.3 State of the North German
Heads of the princely house of Schwarzburg post- Confederation,
monarchy State of the German Empire,
3 See also
State of the Weimar Republic
4 References 15991918
5 External links

History
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Flag
was established in 1599 in Coat of arms
the course of a resettlement
of Schwarzburg dynasty
lands. Since the 11th
century, the ancestral seat
of the comital family had
been at Schwarzburg Castle,
though after 1340, for most
of its existence as a polity
had the capital at the larger
town of Rudolstadt. In 1583
Heidecksburg residence at Count Gnther XLI of
Rudolstadt Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt within German
Schwarzburg, the eldest son
Empire
of Gnther XL the Rich and
ruler over the united
Schwarzburg lands, had died without issue. He was succeeded by
his younger brothers, whereby Albert VII received the territory
around Rudolstadt. After their brother Count William of
Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen had died in 1597, the surviving
brothers Albert VII and John Gnther I established the two
counties of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-
Sondershausen by the 1599 Treaty of Stadtilm.
Albert's descendants ruled as sovereign counts of the Holy
Roman Empire. Count Albert Anton (16621710) was elevated to
the rank of a Prince by Emperor Leopold I of Habsburg, it was
however his son Louis Frederick I (17101718) who first bore the
princely title, whereby Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt in 1711 became a
principality under the same entity. It withstood the
mediatisation and after the Empire's dissolution joined the
Confederation of the Rhine in 1807 and the German
Confederation in 1815.

On 23 November 1918, during the German Revolution of

19181919 and the fall of all the German monarchies, Prince Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt within Thuringia
Gnther Victor was the last to abdicate. The former principality
became a "Free State" in 1919, that was merged into the new
Capital Rudolstadt
state of Thuringia in the next year. In 1905 Schwarzburg- Government Principality
Rudolstadt had an area of 940 km2 (360 sq mi) and a population
Historical era Early modern
of 97,000. period
Emerged from
Rulers of Schwarzburg- Schwarzburg 1599
Raised to
Rudolstadt Principality 1711
German
Revolution 1918
Counts of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Merged into
Thuringia 1920
15741605: Count Albrecht VII (15371605), son of Count
Gnther XL of Schwarzburg, founder of the county (state) of Area
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1905 940 km2 (360 sq mi)
16051630: Count Charles Gnther I (15761630),
succeeded by younger brother Louis Gnther I Population
16121634 Count Albrecht Gnther (15821634) 1905 est. 97,000
16301646: Count Louis Gnther I (15811646) Density 103/km2 (267/sq mi)
16461662: Regent Emilie of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
(161470) Preceded by Succeeded
by
16621710: Count Albert Anton (16411710)
County of Thuringia
Schwarzburg
Princes of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
17101718: Prince Louis Frederick I (16671718)
17181744: Prince Frederick Anton (16921744)
17441767: Prince John Frederick (172167)
17671790: Prince Louis Gnther II (170890)
17901793: Prince Frederick Charles (173693)
17931807: Prince Louis Frederick II (17671807)
18071814: Regent Caroline Louise of Hesse-Homburg (17711854)
18141867: Prince Frederick Gnther (17931867)
18671869: Prince Albert (17981869)
18691890: Prince Georg Albert (183890)
18901918: Prince Gnther Victor (18521925), also succeeded as Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in
1909 upon the death of Prince Karl Gnther.
Heads of the princely house of Schwarzburg post-
monarchy
On the death of the childless Prince Gnther Victor in 1925, he was succeeded
by Prince Sizzo (18601926), who was the son of Prince Friedrich Gnther
(17931867) from his second, morganatic marriage. Prince Sizzo was
recognised as a full member of the House of Schwarzburg in 1896. He was
succeeded in 1926 by his son, Prince Friedrich Gnther (19011971).

Upon the death in 1971 of Prince Friedrich Gnther, the last in the male line,
his elder sister, Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg, who married
Friedrich Magnus V, Count of Solms-Wildenfels, could have had a claim to the
headship under Semi-Salic primogeniture.[1][2]

19181925: Prince Gnther Victor (18521925)

Prince Gnther Victor, the
19251926: Prince Sizzo (18601926) last ruler of Schwarzburg-
19261971: Prince Friedrich Gnther (19011971) Rudolstadt
19711984: Princess Marie Antoinette of Schwarzburg (18981984)
(speculative)
1984 : Friedrich Magnus, Count of Solms-Wildenfels (1927 )
(speculative)

See also
House of Schwarzburg

The castle at Schwarzburg

References
1. The House of Schwarzburg (http://www.heraldica.org/topics/royalty
/HGSchwarzburg.htm#Extinction) on Heraldica.org
2. James, John Almanach de Gotha, Volume I, 2013.

External links
House laws of Schwarzburg (http://www.heraldica.org/topics/royalty
/HGSchwarzburg.htm)
Aerial view at Schwarzburg
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt". Encyclopdia
Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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