List of rulers of Vethringen

This article lists dukes, archdukes and kings ruling over different territories named Vethringen from the declaration of the Kingdom of Vethringen in 509 to the present day.

Kings of Vethringen

Arising from the ancient Vetters, a tribal confederation in the Dolchic migrations, Emmerich I declared himself the first King of Vethringen, ruling lands which stretch from the Drei Flüsse region to modern-day northern Habstria. The early rulers of Vethringen are referred to as the Emmerichingi. They ruled as Kings until Hadubert the Kneeler swore fealty to the ($STATE) and the Kingdom became a later Archduchy.

Name Reign	Portrait	Birth	Marriage(s) Issue	Death	Claim
Emmerich I 509 – 511		c. 466		511 Aged 45/46	Son of Bertrand, King of the Vetters
Aldebrand I 511 – 558		c. 496		558 Aged 62/63	Son of Emmerich I
Arnulf I 558 – 561		c. 497		561 Aged 64/65	Younger brother of Aldebrand I
Emmerich II 561 – 567		c. 517		567 Aged 50/51	Son of Arnulf I
Hadubert I 567 – 584		c. 539		584 Aged 45/46	Half-brother of Emmerich II
Arnulf II 584 – 629		Early 584		629 Aged 45/46	Son of Hadubert I
Ermenrich 629 – 639		c. 603		639 Aged 36/37	Son of Arnulf II
Emmerich III 639 – 657		c. 633		657 Aged 24/25	Son of Ermenrich
Arnulf III 657 – 673		c. 652		673 Aged 21/22	Son of Emmerich III
Hadubert II 673 – 675		c. 653		675 Aged 22/23	Younger brother of Arnulf III
Amalric I 675 – 691		c. 654		691 Aged 37/38	Younger brother of Hadubert II
Burkhard I 691 – 695		c. 677		695 Aged 18/19	Son of Amalric I
Aldebrand II 695 – 711		c. 678		711 Aged 33/34	Brother of Burkhard I
Hadubert III 711 – 715		c. 699		715 Aged 16/17	Son of Aldebrand II
Amalric II 'the Usurper' 715 – 721		c. 672		726 Aged 54/55	Cousin of Hadubert III Nephew of Aldebrand II
Hadubert IV 'the Kneeler' 721 – 730		c. 715		737 Aged 22/23	Son of Hadubert III

Archdukes of Vethringen

{ Hadubert IV

Emmerich IV

Burkhard II

Amalric III

Burkhard III

Arnulf IV

Karl I

Hubert V

Hubert VI

Reinhard I

Otto I

Conrad I

Conrad II

Karl II

Emmerich V

Otto II

Heinrich I

Wilhelm I

Reinhard II

Otto III

Reinhard III

Heinrich II

Otto IV

Heinrich III

Wilhelm II

Heinrich IV

Wilhelm III

Heinrich V

Reinhard IV

Heinrich VI

Otto V

Bruno

Otto VI

Wilhelm IV

Otto VII

Reinhard V

Wilhelm V

Hubert VII

Ernest I

Reinhard VI

Hans-Wilhelm I

Reinhard VII

Ernest II

Reinhard VIII

Hans-Wilhelm II }

Partition of Vethringen

With the death of Hans-Wilhelm II, the succession of Vethringen fell into dispute. The Nachfolgists supported Wilhelm, the legitimised bastard son of Hans-Wilhelm II as the rightful heir, while the Legitimists selected the grandson of Reinhard VII, ($NAME). This dispute resulted in the Vethringen Succession War, leading to the Archducal title remaining with Greater Vethringen, while a new state was created for Wilhelm's Nachfolgist supporters, the Duchy of Lesser Vethringen.

Lesser Vethringen

The Dukes of Lesser Vethringen are numbered here by the traditional numbering. Nachfolgists tend to number them according to the Richtiges-Bestellsystem, which assumes that the Duchy of Lesser Vethringen is the true successor to the Archduchy of Vethringen, and thus numbers the rulers accordingly.

{ Wilhelm I

Wilhelm II

Reinhard

Wilhelm III

Wilhelm IV

Ernest

Wilhelm V

Heinrich

Wilhelm VI

Wilhelm VII

Wilhelm VIII

Wilhelm IX

Wilhelm X

Wilhelm XI

Wilhelm XII

Wilhelm XIII }