List of rulers named Leopold

The given name Leopold has been chosen for many Europeans who became hereditary rulers.

Austrian rulers

A List of rulers of Austria includes the following:

Rulers of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty

* Margraves
** Leopold I of Austria (Babenberg) -- (976-994)
** Leopold II of Austria (Babenberg) -- (1075-1095)
** Leopold III of Austria (Babenberg) (Saint Leopold) -- (1095-1136)
** Leopold IV of Austria (Babenberg) -- (1136-1141) (Duke of Bavaria, 1139-1141)
* Dukes
** Leopold V of Austria (Babenberg) -- (1177-1194)
** Leopold VI -- (1198-1230)

Rulers of Austria from the Habsburg dynasty

* Dukes
** Leopold I of Austria (Habsburg) -- (1308-1326)
** Leopold II of Austria (Habsburg)
** Leopold III of Austria (Habsburg) (1365-1386)
** Leopold IV of Austria (Habsburg) (1386-1411)
** Leopold V of Austria (Habsburg) (1586-1632), regent of the Tyrol and Further Austria
* Holy Roman Emperors (each also Archduke of Austria)
** Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor -- (1640 - 1705)
** Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (who was also Leopold I, Grand Duke of Tuscany) -- (1747 - 1792)

Grand Ducal House of Habsburg-Lorraine

*Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (who was also Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor)
*Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Other dynasties

* Kings of the Belgians:
** Leopold I of Belgium -- (1790-1865)
** Leopold II of Belgium -- (1835-1909)
** Leopold III of Belgium -- (1901-1983) * Leopold of Styria, known as Leopold the Strong, (from the dynasty of the Otakars), Margrave of Styria from 1122 to 1129
* Lippe
** Leopold I, Prince of Lippe
** Leopold II, Prince of Lippe
** Leopold III, Prince of Lippe
** Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe

Potential ruler

In the House of Bourbon-Parma, Prince Léopold of Nassau is : second son of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (not to be confused with Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke), who in turn is : the youngest brother of : the current ruler, Léopold's uncle, the reigning Grand Duke Henri.
As of 2008, Léopold stands, in the line of succession to Henri, behind : Henri's son, the Hereditary Grand Duke (and potentially any descendants he should have), : Henri's other four children (and potentially their descendants), (but due to his other uncle's renunciation (for his line) of the succession, "neither" that uncle nor that uncle's descendants), : his own father, and: his older brother, Prince Paul Louis of Nassau (and potentially any descendants he should have).

See also

* Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, who was the youngest son of Victoria of the United Kingdom, but outlived by her and all his siblings * Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who was offered the vacant throne of Spain, but then forced to refuse it.