Wettin's House

The House of Wettin was a dynastic house of counts, dukes, prince electors (Kurfürsten) and German monarchs who ruled the territory of what is now the federal state of Saxony for more than 800 years. Some of their representatives also managed to be elected kings of Poland. Patrilineal branches of the House of Wettin have at some point ascended the thrones of the United Kingdom, Portugal, Bulgaria, Poland, Saxony, and Belgium; of them, only the British and the Belgian remain reigning.

Origins: the Wettins of Saxony

Wettin Castle on the Saale River in the current Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

The oldest truly known member of the House of Wettin was Dietrich or Ditheric (d. 982), whose territory lay in the vicinity of the Liesgau (located on the western edge of the Harz Mountains). Around the year 1000, as part of the German conquest of the East Slavic Marches of the Carolingian Empire, the family acquired Wettin Castle (Burg Wettin), from which they took their name. Wettin Castle is located in Wettin, in the region called Hosgau, on the banks of the Saale River. Around 1030, the Wettin family received the Saxon East March as a fief from the Holy Roman Empire.

The importance of the Wettin family in the Slavic Marches led to Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV investing them in 1089 with the Misnian March as a Holy Roman fiefdom. The family progressed in the Middle Ages: in 1263 they inherited the Landgraviate of Thuringia (although without the territory of Hesse), and in 1423 they were invested with the Duchy of Saxony, centered in Wittenberg. Thus they came to govern one of the imperial States with the title of Elector Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.

Subdivision into Ernestinos and Albertinos

Wettin Shield (Albertine Line).

Wettin (Counts of Eilenburg-Wettin)

• Theodoric I of Wettin, Count of Gau Budsici (Wettin)
• Wettin I finger, Merseburg count (960-1009)
• Federico I de Wettin, count of Eilenburg (960-1017)
• Theodoric II of Wettin, count of Eilenburg, Brehna, Hassengau (1017-1034), Margrave de Lusace (1031-1034)
• Dedo II de Wettin, Margrave de Lusace (1034-1075), Conde de Eilenburg
• Dedo III de Wettin, Margrave de Lusace (1060-1069)
• Enrique I de Wettin, Margrave de Meissen (1089-1103), Count of Eilenburg
• Enrique II de Wettin, Margrave de Meissen (1103-1123), Count of Eilenburg
• Timo de Wettin, count of Brehna and Wettin
• Wettin's IV finger, Wettin-Groitzsch count
• Conrado I de Wettin, Conde de Wettin-Groitzsch, Margrave de Meissen (1130-1156), Margrave de Lusace (1136-1156)

Wettin Meissen

• Conrado I, el Grande, Margrave de Meissen (1130-1156), Margrave de Lusace (1136-1156).

Margraviate of Nieder-Lausitz (Lower Lusatia)

• Theodoric II (or Dietrich) II of Landsberg, Mo de Nieder-Lausitz (1156-1185).
• Dedo III o V el Gordo, Mo de Nieder-Lausitz (1185-1190)
• Conrado II de Groitzsch, Mo de Nieder-Lausitz (1190-1207)

Margraviate of Meissen (Misnia)

• Oton II "El Rico", Mo de Meissen (1156-1190).
• Alberto I "El Orgulloso" Mo Meissen (1190-1195).
• Theodoric I or II "the oppressed" (in German "DIETRICH III der Bedrängte"), Mo de Meissen (1195-1221), Mo de Lusace (1207-1221).
• Enrique III "El Ilustre" (Heinrich III der Erlauchte), Mo de Meissen-Lausitz (1221-1288), Landgrave de Turingia (1247-1265), Conde Palatino de Saxony (1247-1265).
• Alberto II "El Malvado" (Albrecht II der Unartige), Lo de Turingia (1265-1307), Co pal. de Saxony (1265-1307), Mo de Lausitz (1288-1292), Mo de Meissen (1291-1292).
• Dietrich IV der Weise, The Landsberg (1242-1285).
• Federico Tuta, Lo de Landsberg (1285-1291), Mo de Meissen (1288-1291).
• Theodoric IV of Lusace (or in German: Diezmann or Dietrich III), Mo de Lausitz (1292-1307).
• Federico I "the bite", Mo de Meissen (1292-1323), Mo de Lausitz (1307-1323), Lo de Turingia (1307-1323), Co pal. de Saxony (1281-1323).
• Federico II "El Serio", Mo de Meissen-Lausitz (1323-1349), Lo de Turingia (1323-1349).
• Baltasar, Lo de Turingia (1349-1406).
• Federico III "El Estricto", Mo de Meissen-Ostland (Lausitz) (1349-1381).
• Guillermo I "El Tuerto", Mo de Meissen (1349-1407).
• Jorge, Mo de Meissen, Lo de Turingia (1381-1401).
• Guillermo II "the Rico", Mo de Meissen, Lo de Turingia (1381-1425).
• Federico IV de Meissen, Mo de Meissen (1381-1423) (Duke of Saxony since 1423).
• Federico IV de Turingia, Lo de Turingia (1406-1440)

Wettin-Saxony

• Federico I el Pendenciero, Do-Elector de Saxony-Wittenberg (1423-1428)

• William III of Turingia, the Brave, The Turingia (1445-1482), Do of Luxembourg (1457-1469)

• Federico II the Apacible Do-Elector of Saxony-Wittenberg (1428-1464), Lo de Turingia (1440-1464), Mo de Meissen-Lausitz (1445-1464)

• Ernesto (Ernest), Do-Elector de Saxony-Wittenberg (1464-1486), Lo de Turingia (1464-1486) → Line ERNESTINA

• Alberto III el Valiente (Albrecht III der Beherzte), Mo de Meissen (1461-1485), Do de Saxony-Meissen (1485-1500), Estatúder de Holland (1488-93) → ALBERTIN Line

Wettin-Saxony (Ernestine Line)

Electoral Principality of Saxe-Wittenberg

• Ernesto (Ernest), Do-Elector de Saxony-Wittenberg (1464-1486), Lo de Turingia (1464-1486).

• Federico III el Prudente (Friedrich III der Weise), Prince Elector of Saxony-Wittenberg (1486-1525).

• John I the Constant (Johann der Beständige), Prince Elector of Saxony-Wittenberg (1525-1532).

• Juan Federico el Magnánimo (Johann Friedrich I der Grossmütige), Prince Elector of Saxony-Wittenberg (1532-1554).

• John Frederick II, Prince Elector of Saxony-Wittenberg (1554-1556).

• Election privilege passes to the albertina line

Wettin-Saxony-Altenburg (1st)

• Federico Guillermo I (Friedrich Wilhelm I), Do de Saxony-Altenburg (1573-1601).
• Juan Felipe (Johann Philipp), Do de Saxony-Altenburg (1601-1639).
• Federico Guillermo II (Friedrich Wilhelm II), Do de Saxony-Altenburg (1639-1669).
• Federico Guillermo III (Friedrich Wilhelm III), Do de Saxony-Altenburg (1669-1672).

Wettin-Saxony-Coburg

• Juan Federico I, Do de Saxony-Coburg (1542-1554).
• Juan Federico II, Do de Saxony-Coburg-Gotha (1554-1566).
• Juan Federico III, Do de Saxony-Coburg-Jena (1554-1565).
• Federico IV, Do de Saxony-Gotha (1566-1572).
• Juan Casimiro, Do de Saxony-Coburg (1566-1633).
• Juan Ernesto II, Do de Saxony-Eisenach (1566-1638).
• Ernesto I el Piadoso, Do de Sajonia-Gotha (1638-1675).

Wettin-Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg (2nd)

• Federico I, Do de Saxony-Gotha (1675-1691).
• Federico II, Do de Saxony-Gotha-Altenbourg (1691-1732).
• Federico III, Do de Saxony-Gotha-Altenbourg (1732-1772).
• Ernesto II, Do de Saxony-Gotha-Altenbourg (1772-1804).
• Emilio Leopoldo Augusto, Do de Saxony-Gotha-Altenbourg (1804-1822).
• Federico IV, Do de Saxony-Gotha-Altenbourg (1822-1825).

Wettin-Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld

• Alberto, Do de Saxony-Coburg (1675-1699).
• Cristián, Do de Saxony-Eisenberg (1680-1707).
• Juan Ernesto, Do de Saxony-Saalfeld (1680-1699), Do Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld (1699-1729).
• Cristián Ernesto, Do de Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld (1729-1745).
• Francisco Josiah, Do de Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld (1729-1764).
• Ernesto Federico, Do de Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld (1764-1800).
• Franciso Federico, Do de Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld (1800-1806).

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

• Ernesto I Antonio Carlos Luis, Do de Saxony-Coburg-Gotha (1806-1844).
• Ernesto II Au. Karl Jo. Leo. Alex. Ed., Do de Saxony-Coburg-Gotha (1844-1893).
• Alfredo Ernesto Alberto, Do de Saxony-Coburg-Gotha (1893-1900).
• Carlos Eduardo, Do de Saxony-Coburg-Gotha (1900-1918).

UK Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Windsor)

• Francisco Alberto Augusto Carlos Manuel de Saxony-Coburg-Gotha (son of Ernesto I), Royal Highness of England, consort prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1840-1861). Married with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1837-1901).
• Eduardo VII, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandEmperor of India, Po of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha, Do of Saxony (1901-1910).
• Jorge V, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandEmperor of India (1910-1936).
• Eduardo VIII, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEmperor of India (1936).
• Jorge VI, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1936-1952), emperor of India (1936-1948).
• Isabel II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1952-2022).

Saxony-Coburg-Gotha of Belgium

• Leopoldo Jorge Cristián Federico (Leopoldo I). Son of Francisco Federico Antonio Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld, brother of Ernesto I of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha. Prince of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha, Duke of Saxony. Chosen as King of the Belgas (1831-1865)
  • Carlotta of Mexico (son of Leopoldo I) Imperial Majesty of Mexico (1840-1927), Empress Consort of Mexico (1863-1867). Married to the Emperor Maximilian of Habsburg-Lorraine (1857-1867) and widow Empress (1867-1927)
• Leopoldo II, King of the Belgas (1865-1909)
• Alberto I, King of the Belgas (1909-1934)
• Leopoldo III, King of the Belgas (1934-1951)
• Balduino I, King of the Belgas (1951-1993)
• Alberto II, King of the Belgas (1993-2013)
• Felipe I, King of the Belgas (2013-)

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Portugal (House of Braganza Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)

• Fernando Jorge Augusto (Hermano de Ernesto I). Po Saxony-Coburg-Gotha

• Fernando II (your son). Married with Queen Mary II of Portugal (1826-1828 / 1833-1853). King of Portugal (1837-1853)

• Pedro V. King of Portugal and the Algarves (1853-1861)

• Luis I. King of Portugal and the Algarves (1861-1889)

• Carlos I. King of Portugal and the Algarves (1889-1908)

• Manuel II. King of Portugal and the Algarves (1908-1910)

Wettin-Saxony-Meiningen-Hilderburghausen

Saxony-Meiningen

• Bernardo I Do Saxony-Meiningen (1680-1706)
• Ernesto Luis I Do Sajonia-Meiningen (1706-1724)
• Ernesto Luis II Do Saxony-Meiningen (1724-1729)
• Carlos Federico Do Saxony-Meiningen (1729-1743)
• Federico Guillermo Do Saxony-Meiningen (1743-1746)
• Antonio Ulrico Do Saxony-Meiningen (1746-1763)
• Augusto Federico Carlos Guillermo Do Sajonia-Meiningen (1763-1742)
• Jorge I Federico Carlos de Sajonia-Meiningen (1742-1803)

Saxony-Römhild

• Enrique Do Saxony-Römhild (1680-1710)

Saxony-Hilderburghausen

• Ernesto II Do Saxony-Hildburghausen (1680-1715)
• Ernesto Federico I Do Saxony-Hildburghausen (1715-1724)
• Ernesto Federico II Do Saxony-Hildburghausen (1724-1745)
• Ernesto Federico III Do Saxony-Hildburghausen (1745-1780)
• Federico Do Saxony-Hildburghausen (1780-1825)

Saxony-Altenburg (3rd)

• Federico Do Saxony-Altenbourg (1825-1834)
• José Jorge Federico Do Saxony-Altenbourg (1834-1848)
• Jorge Carlos Federico Do Saxony-Altenbourg (1848-1853)
• Ernesto I Federico Do Saxony-Altenbourg (1853-1908)
• Ernesto II Bernardo Jorge Do Saxony-Altenbourg (1908-1918)

Saxony-Meiningen-Hilderburghausen

• Bernardo II Do Saxony-Meiningen-Hildburghausen (1803-1866)
• Jorge II Do Saxony-Meiningen-Hildburghausen (1866-1914)
• Bernardo III Do Saxony-Meiningen-Hildburghausen (1914-1918)

Wettin-Saxony-Weimar

• Juan Guillermo Do Saxony-Weimar (1554-1573)
• John II Do Saxony-Weimar (1573-1605)
• Juan Ernesto I Do Sajonia-Weimar(1605-1626)
• Federico Do Saxony-Weimar (1605-1622)
• Alberto Do Saxony-Weimar (1605-1644)
• Juan Federico Do Saxony-Weimar (1605-1628)
• Federico Guillermo II Do Saxony-Weimar (1605-1619)
• Guillermo Do Saxony-Weimar (1605-1662)

Wettin-Saxony-Weimar

• Juan Ernesto II Do Saxony-Weimar (1662-1683)
• Juan Ernesto III Do Saxony-Weimar (1683-1707)
• Guillermo Ernesto Do Sajonia-Weimar (1683-1728)
• Ernesto Augusto I Do Saxony-Weimar (1728-1741)

It becomes Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach

Wettin-Saxony-Eisenach

• Adolfo Guillermo Do Saxony-Eisenach (1662-1668)
• Guillermo Augusto Do Saxony-Eisenach (1668-1671)
• Juan Jorge I Do Saxony-Marksuhl (1662-1671), Do Saxony-Eisenach (1671-1686)
• Juan Jorge II Do Saxony-Eisenach (1686-1698)
• Juan Guillermo Do Saxony-Eisenach (1698-1729)
• Guillermo Enrique Do Saxony-Eisenach (1729-1741)

Wettin-Saxony-Jena

• Bernardo II Do Saxony-Jena (1662-1678)
• Juan Guillermo Do Saxony-Jena (1678-1690)

Wettin-Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach

• Ernesto Augusto I Do Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach (1741-1748)
• Ernesto Augusto II Constantino Do Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach (1748-1758)
• Carlos Augusto I Do Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach (1758-1828), Gran Do(1815)
• Carlos Federico Gr. Do Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach (1828-1853)
• Carlos Alejandro Gr. Do Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach (1853-1901)
• Guillermo Ernesto Gr. Do Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach (1901-1918)
• Carlos Augusto II Gr. Do Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach

Wettin-Saxony-Meissen (Albertine Line)

• Alberto III el Osado (Albrecht III der Beherzte) Mo Meissen (1464-1465), Do Saxony-Meissen (1465-1500).
• Jorge El Barbudo (Georg der Bärtige) Do Saxony-Meissen (1500-1539).
• Enrique V el Pío (Heinrich V der Fromme) Do Saxony-Meissen (1539-1541).
• Mauritius (Moritz) Do Saxony-Meissen (1541-1547).
• In 1547 he received the electoral privilege, passing the territory of Meissen to be called the Electoral Saxony.

Electoral Saxony

• Mauritius Prince Elector of Saxony (1547-1553)
• Augusto Prince Elector of Saxony (1553-1586).
• Christian I Prince Elector of Saxony (1586-1591).
• Christian II Prince Elector of Saxony (1591-1611).
• Juan Jorge I Príncipe Elector de Saxony (1611-1656).
• John George II Prince Elector of Saxony (1656-1680).
• John George III Prince Elector of Saxony (1680-1691).
• Juan Jorge IV Prince Elector of Saxony (1691-1694).
• Federico Augusto I Prince Elector of Saxony (1694-1733), King of Poland (1697-1704 / 1709-1733).
• Federico Augusto II Prince Elector of Saxony (1733-1763), King of Poland (1733-1763).
• Federico Christian Prince Elector of Saxony (1763).
• Federico Augusto III Prince Elector of Saxony (1763-1806).

The electorate becomes the Kingdom (1806).

Kingdom of Saxony

• Federico Augusto I (III) King of Saxony (1806-1827).
• Antonio I King of Saxony (1827-1836).
• Federico Augusto II (IV) King of Saxony (1836-1854)
• Juan I King of Saxony (1836-1854).
• Alberto I King of Saxony (1836-1902).
• Jorge I King of Saxony (1902-1904).
• Federico Augusto III (V) King of Saxony (1904-1918).

Suitors

• Federico Augusto III (V) (1918-1932).
• Federico Cristian de Saxony, Federico IV (1932-1968).
• Maria Manuel de Saxony, Manuel I (1968-2012).
• Alberto de Saxony, Alberto II (2012)
• Alexander of Saxony-Gessaphe, Alejandro I (2012-present)

Alberto Line

• Alberto de Saxony, Alberto II (2012)
• Ruediger de Saxony, Ruediger I (2012-2022)
• Daniel de Saxony, ``Daniel I ́ (2022-presente)

Minor Duchies Saxony-Meissen

Saxony-Weissenfels

• Augusto Do Saxony-Weissenfels (1656-1680)
• Juan Adolfo I Do Saxony-Weissenfels (1680-1697)
• Juan Jorge Do Saxony-Weissenfels (1697-1712)
• Cristián Do Saxony-Weissenfels (1712-1736)
• Juan Adolfo II Do Saxony-Weissenfels (1736-1746)

Saxony-Merseborg

• Crystián I Do Saxony-Mersebourg (1656-1691)
• Crystián II Do Saxony-Mersebourg (1691-1694)
• Cristián III Mauritius Do Saxony-Mersebourg (1694)
• Mauritius Guillermo Do Saxony-Merseburg (1694-1731)

Saxony-Zeitz

• Mauritius Do Saxony-Zeitz (1656-1681)
• Mauritius Guillermo Do Saxony-Zeitz (1681-1718)

Pretenders to the Kingdom of Poland

• Federico Augusto I King of Poland (1806-1827).
• Antonio I King of Poland (1827-1836).
• Federico Augusto II King of Poland (1836-1854).
• John IV King of Poland (1836-1854).
• Alberto I King of Poland (1836-1873).
• Jorge I King of Poland (1873-1902).
• Federico Augusto III King of Poland (1902-1932).
• Federico Cristian de Saxony, Federico IV (1932-1968).
• Maria Manuel de Saxony, Manuel I (1968-2012).
• Alberto de Saxony, Alberto II (2012)
• Alexander of Saxony-Gessaphe, Alexander II (2012-Presente)