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List of kings and emperors of the Holy Roman Empire

            Carolingian Line of rulers died out in 911

     Conrad the Franconian, 911 - 918 is elected by German nobility.  The Dukes (Latin: dux meaning leader) of the German tribes (Staemme, stems) elected one of their own as king. 

Ottonian Saxon Dynasty

bulletHenry I the Fowler, king 919-936
bulletOtto I the Great, king 936-962, emperor 962-973
bulletOtto II, king 973-983
bulletOtto III, king 983-996, emperor 996-1002
bulletHenry II of Saxony, king 1002-1014, emperor 1014-1024

Salian Frankish Dynasty
bulletConrad II, king 1024-1027, emperor 1027-1039
bulletHenry III, king 1039-1046, emperor 1046-1056
bulletEmpress Agnes, regent 1056-1068
bulletHenry IV, king 1056-1084, emperor 1084-1105
bulletHenry V, king 1105-1125, emperor 1111-1125

Supplinburger
bulletLothar II, Holy Roman Emperor, king 1125-1133, emperor 1133-1137

Staufen or Hohenstaufen
bulletConrad III, king 1138-1152
bulletFrederick I Barbarossa, king 1152-1155, emperor 1155-1190
bulletHenry VI, king 1190-1191, emperor 1191-1197
bulletPhilip of Swabia, king 1198-1208

Welfs (Guelphs)
bulletOtto IV of Brunswick, king 1208-1209, emperor 1209-1215

Staufen (Hohenstaufen)
bulletFrederick II, emperor 1211-1250
bulletConrad IV, king 1250-1254

Interregnum
bulletWilliam of Holland, king 1254-1256
bulletAlphonso X of Spain, king 1257-1273

Miscellaneous Houses
bulletRudolph I of Habsburg, 1273-1291
bulletAdolf of Nassau, king 1292-1298
bulletAlbert I of Habsburg, king 1298-1308
bulletHenry VII of Luxemburg, king 1308-1312, emperor 1312-1313
bulletLouis IV Wittelsbach, emperor 1314-1347
bulletCharles IV of Luxemburg, emperor 1347-1378
bulletWenzel of Luxemburg, emperor 1378-1400
bulletRuprecht III Wittelsbach of Palatinate, king 1400-1410
bulletSigismund of Luxemburg, emperor 1410-1437

House of Habsburg
bulletAlbert II of Habsburg, emperor 1438-1439
bulletFrederick III, emperor 1440-1493
bulletMaximilian I, emperor 1493-1519
bulletCharles V, emperor 1519-1558
bulletFerdinand I, emperor 1558-1564
bulletMaximilian II, emperor 1564-1576
bulletRudolf II Habsburg, emperor 1576-1612
bulletMatthias, emperor 1612-1619
bulletFerdinand II, emperor 1620-1637
bulletFerdinand III, emperor 1637-1657
bulletLeopold I, emperor 1658-1705
bulletJoseph I, king 1690-1705, emperor 1705-1711
bulletCharles VI, emperor 1711-1740

House of Wittelsbach
bulletCharles VII Albert, emperor 1742-1765

Habsburg-Lotharingen
bulletFrancis I, emperor 1748-1765
bulletJoseph II, emperor 1765-1790
bulletLeopold II, emperor 1790-1792
bulletFrancis II, emperor 1792-1806, after that Francis I of Austria

NOTES: 

Where dates for both kingship and emperorship are given, the person actually remained king during his emperorship.  His kingship did not end as suggested here.

Napoleon abolished the Holy Roman Empire, but the Austrian and later the Austro-Hungarian Empire continued to 1918.  In 1871, Prussia succeeded in uniting Germany (without Austria) to form a new German Empire.

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