House of Schwarzburg

The House of Schwarzburg was one of the oldest noble families of Thuringia, until its extinction in 1971 with the death of Prince Friedrich Günther.^[1] Reigning over the County of Schwarzburg and founded by Sizzo I of Schwarzburg (died 1160), the family split in the 16th century into the lines of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, which were not reunified until 1909.

See also

• Günther von Schwarzburg—(1304–1349), German king, was a descendant of the counts of Schwarzburg and the younger son of Henry VII, count of Blankenburg.
• Albrecht VII of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt—founder of the line of counts of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
• Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt—details the lineage and descendants under the line founded by Albrect VII.
• Schwarzburg-Sondershausen—the line and descendants of the counts of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

References

External links

• (German) Genealogy of the Schwarzburgs
• (English) House Laws of Schwarzburg