The Rulers of Estonia is a list of the rulers of Estonia throughout the history. Starting with the ancient Counties and Parishes each headed by Seniores and Meliores (Elders) as noted by Henry of Livonia. The highest political institutions in Estonia during ancient times were Councils of Elders. The administrative jurisdiction of the parish and county elders were limited, the counties themselves remained autonomous [1] until the German and Danish conquest in the 13th century. Ending with the states and the rulers of states (starting from the time of the first successful Danish conquest in 1219) who either ruled or laid claims of sovereignty over some parts of the territory of present day Estonia, as well as the leaders of the independent Republic of Estonia since 1918.
Ancient Counties and Parishes
Title: Elder (- 1223)
Title: Elder (- 1224)
Title: Elder (- 1224)
Title: Elder (- 1224)
Title: Elder (- 1224)
Title: Elder (- 1224)
Title: Elder (- 1224)
Title: Elder (- 1224)
Title: Elder (- 1224)
Title: Elder (- 1224)
Title: Elder - It is probable that these men, whose names appear on a treaty with the Order of the Brethern of the Sword in 1251, were the chiefs of administrative units on Saaremaa, Muhu, and Sõrve. Their "signatures" were, in all likelihood, phonetically "Latinized" by the authors of the document.
- Ylle
- Culle
- Enu
- Muntelene
- Tappete
- Yalde
- Melete
- Cake
Bishoprics
Title: Bishop and Lord, Rulers over Ugenois with Waigel, Sobolitz, Saccala with Moicke, Alumbus and Nurmegunde (1224 – 1558)
- 1224 - 1247 Hermann I
- 1247 - 1251 Vacant
- 1263 - 1268 Alexander
- 1268 - 1288 Friedrich
- 1289 - 1302 Bernhard
- 1302 - 1312 Dietrich Vyshusen
- 1313 - 1323 Nikolaus
- 1323 - 1341 Engelbert von Dolen
- 1342 - 1344 Wescelus
- 1346 - 1373 Johannes Viffhusen
- 1373 - 1378 Heinrich Velde
- 1378 - 1400 Dietrich III Damerow
- 1400 - 1410 Heinrich Wrangel
- 1410 - 1413 Bernhard Bülow
- 1413 - 1441 Dietrich IV Resler
- 1441 - 1459 Bartholomäus Savijerwe
- 1459 - 1468 Helmich von Mallinkrodt
- 1468 - 1473 Andreas Pepler
- 1473 - 1485 Johannes Bertkow
- 1485 - 1498 Dietrich Hake
- 1499 - 1505 Johannes III von der Rope
- 1505 - 1513 Gerhard Schrove
- 1513 - 1514 Johannes Duesborg
- 1514 - 1518 Christian Bomhower
- 1518 - 1527 Johann Blankenfeld
- 1528 - 1543 Johannes VII Bey
- 1543 - 1551 Jodokus von der Recke
- 1554 - 1558 Hermann II Wesel
- 1552 - 1558 Hermann II Wesel
Title: Bishop, Rulers over Osilia and Rotalia (1 October 1228 – 1559)
- 1228-1229 Gottfried
- Vacant
- 1234-1260? Heinrich I
- 1262-1285? Hermann I
- 1290?-1294 Heinrich II
- Vacant
- 1297?-1307? Konrad I
- Vacant
- 1310-1321 Hartung
- 1322-1337 Jakob
- 1338-1362 Hermann II Osenbrügge
- 1363-1374 Konrad II
- 1374-1381 Heinrich III
- Vacant
- 1385-1419 Winrich von Kniprode
- 1420-1423 Kaspar Schuwenflug
- 1423-1432 Christian Kuband
- 1432-1438 Johann I Schutte
- 1439-1458 Ludolf Grove (in Saaremaa (Ösel) and Hiiumaa (Dagö) 1449-1457 with Johann II Creul)
- 1449-1457 Johann II Creul (in Läänemaa (Wiek))
- Vacant
- 1460-1471 Jodokus Hoenstein
- 1471-1491 Peter Wetberch
- 1491-1515 Johann III Orgas
- 1515-1527 Johann IV Kyvel
- 1527-1530 Georg von Tiesenhausen
- 1532-1541 Reinhold Buxhoewden
- 1542-1560 Johann V von Münchhausen 1542-1560
- 1560-1572 Magnus, Duke of Holstein (Protestant bishop)
States
Title: Grand Prince Rulers over parts of Ugaunia (1030 - 1061)
Title: King (1219–1346) Rulers over Harria and Vironia
Title: Grand Master of Livonia (1237–1561) Rulers over Saccala or Sackalia (fiefdom of the Bishopric of Dorpat and Jervia
- 1237-1238 Hermann Balk (Balke)
- 1238-1241 Dietrich von Grüningen
- 1241-1244 Andreas von Velven (Felben)
- 1244-1245 Heinrich von Heimburg
- 1245-1247 Dietrich von Grüningen
- 1247-1253 Andreas von Stirland
- 1253-1254 Eberhard von Seine (Seyn)
- 1254-1257 Anno von Sangershausen
- 1257-1261 Burchard von Hornhausen
- 1261 ....... Georg von Eichstadt
- 1261-1263 Werner von Breithausen
- 1263-1266 Konrad von Mandern (Manstadt)
- 1266-1270 Otto von Lutterberg
- 1271 ....... Andreas von Westphalen
- 1271-1273 Walther von Nordeck (Nortecken)
- 1273-1279 Ernst von Ratzeburg (Rassburg)
- 1279-1280 Gerhard von Katzenelnbogen
- 1280-1282 Konrad von Feuchtwangen
- 1282 ....... Mangold von Sternberg (Manhold von Sternberg)
- 1282-1288 Wilhelm von Nindorf (Wilken von Endorp, Willekin von Endorp)
- 1288-1290 Konrad von Hazzigenstein (Konrad von Hattstein, Konrad von Herzogenstein)
- 1290-1293 Halt von Hohembach (Balthasar Holte)
- 1294-1295 Heinrich von Dinkelaghe (Heinrich II von Dumpshagen)
- 1296-1298 Bruno
- 1298-1305 Gottfried von Rogge
- 1305-1306 Wennemar I
- 1307-1322 Gerhard von Jork (Gerhard II von Jocke, Conrad von Jocke or Conrad von Jorke)
- 1322-1324 Konrad Kesselhut (Konrad Ketelhoed, Johannes Ungenade)
- 1324-1328 Reimar Hane
- 1328-1340 Eberhard von Monheim
- 1340-1345 Burchard von Dreileben
- 1345-1359 Goswin von Herike
- 1359-1364 Arnold von Vietinghof
- 1364-1385 Wilhelm von Friemersheim (Vrymersheim, Vrimersheim)
- 1385-1388 Robin von Eltz
- 1388-1389 Johann von Ohle
- 1389-1401 Wennemar von Bruggenei (Wennemar Hasenkamp von Brüggeneye, Wolmer von Brüggeney)
- 1401-1413 Konrad von Vietinghof
- 1413-1415 Dietrich Tork
- 1415-1424 Siegfried Lander von Spanheim
- 1424-1433 Cysse von Rutenberg (Zisse, Cisse von dem Rutenberg)
- 1433-1435 Frank von Kersdorf
- 1435-1437 Heinrich von Bockenvorde (Schüngel)
- 1438-1450 Heinrich Vincke von Oberbergen (Overberg)
- 1450-1469 Johann von Mengeden (Osthoff)
- 1470-1471 Johann Wolthus von Herse
- 1471-1483 Bernhard von der Borch
- 1483-1494 Johann Freitag von Loringhoven
- 1494-1535 Wolter von Plettenberg
- 1535-1549 Hermann von Bruggenei (Hermann Hasenkamp von Brüggeneye)
- 1549-1551 Johann von der Recke
- 1551-1557 Heinrich von Galen
- 1557-1559 Johann Wilhelm von Fürstenberg
- 1559-1561 Gotthard Kettler
Title: King (1561 – 1569)
Title: King (1569 – 1572)
Title: Electoral King (1572 - 1586)
Title: King (1587 – 1660)
Swedish Governors
- 1561 - 1562 Lars Ivarsson Fleming
- 1562 - 1562 Henrik Klasson Horn
- 1562 - 1564 Swante Stenson Sture
- 1564 - 1565 Hermann Pederson Fleming
- 1565 - 1568 Henrik Klasson Horn
- 1568 - 1570 Gabriel Kistiernsson
- 1570 - 1572 Hans Björnson
- 1572 - 1574 Claes Åkeson Tott
- 1574 - 1575 Pontus de la Gardie
- 1576 - 1578 Karl Henriksson Horn
- 1576 - 1577 Nilsson Hans Erikson Finne
- 1577 - 1580 Göran Boije af Gennäs
- 1580 - 1581 Swante Erikson Stolarn
- 1582 - 1583 Göran Boije
- 1583 - 1585 Pontus De la Gardie
- 1585 - 1588 Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna
- 1588 - 1588 Hans Wachtmeister
- 1588 - 1590 Gustaf Axelson Banér
- 1590 - 1592 Erik Gabrielsson Oxenstierna
- 1592 - 1600 Göran Boije
- 1600 - 1601 Karl Henriksson Horn
- 1601 - 1602 Moritz Stensson Leijonhufvud
- 1605 - 1608 Axel Nilsson Ryning
- 1611 - 1617 Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna
- 1617 - 1619 Anders Eriksson Hästehufvud
- 1619 - 1622 Jacob de la Gardie
- 1622 - 1626 Per Gustafsson Banér
- 1626 - 1628 Johan Pontusson
- 1628 - 1642 Philipp Scheiding
- 1642 - 1646 Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna
- 1646 - 1653 Erik Axelson Oxenstierna
- 1653 - 1655 Heinrich von Thurn-Valsassina
- 1655 - 1656 Wilhelm Ulrich
- 1656 - 1674 Bengt Klasson Horn
- 1674 - 1681 Andreas Lennartson Torstensson
- 1681 - 1687 Robert Johannson Lichton
- 1687 - 1704 Axel Julius De la Gardie
- 1704 - 1706 Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach
- 1706 - 1709 Niels Jonsson Stromberg af Clastorp
- 1709 - 1710 Carl Gustaf von Nieroth
Russian Governors
- 1710 - 1711 Rudolph Felix Bauer - General-Governor
- 1711 - 1719 Prince Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov - General-Governor
- 1719 - 1728 Count Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin - General-Governor
- 1728 - 1736 Friedrich Baron von Löwen
- 1736 - 1738 Sebastian Ernst von Manstein
- 1738 - 1740 Gustaf Otto Douglas
- 1740 - 1743 Woldemar von Löwendahl
- 1743 - 1753 Peter August Friedrich von Holstein-Beck (1696-1775)
- 1753 - 1758 Prince Vladimir Petrovich Dolgorukiy
- 1758 - 1775 Peter August Friedrich von Holstein-Beck - General-Governor
- 1775 - 1792 Count George Browne - General-Governor
- 1783 - 1786 Georg Friedrich von Grotenhielm
- 1786 - 1797 Heinrich Johann Baron von Wrangell
- 1797 - 1808 Andreas von Langell
- 1808 - 1809 Peter Friedrich Georg von Oldenburg (1784-1812)
- 1809 - 1811 Vacant
- 1811 - 1816 Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August von Oldenburg (1783-1853)
- 1816 - 1819 Berend Baron Üxküll
- 1819 - 1832 Gotthard Wilhelm Baron Budberg von Bönninghausen
- 1832 - 1833 Otto Wilhelm von Essen
- 1833 - 1841 Paul Friedrich von Benckendorff
- 1842 - 1859 Johann Christoph Engelbrecht von Grünewaldt
- 1859 - 1868 Wilhelm Otto Cornelius Alexander Ulrich
- 1868 - 1870 Mikhail Nikolaiyevich Galkin-Vraskoy
- 1870 - 1875 Prince Mikhail Valentinovich Shakhovskoiy-Glebov-Strezhnev
- 1875 - 1885 Viktor Petrovich Polivanov
- 1885 - 1894 Prince Sergey Vladimirovich
- 1894 - 1902 Yefstafiy Nikolaiyevich Skalon
- 1902 - 1905 Aleksey Valerianovich Bellegarde
- 1905 - 1906 Nikolay Georgiyevich von Bünting
- 1906 - 1907 Pyotr Petrovich Bashilov
- 1907 - 1915 Izmail Vladimirovich Korostovetch
- 1915 - 1917 Pyotr Vladimirovich Veryovkin
Title: Chairman (1917)
Title: Prime Minister (1917)
Title: Emperor (1917–1918)
The October Revolution of 1917 era
(independent de facto)
Title: Chairman of the Soviet Executive Committee of Estonia (Eestimaa Nõukogude Täitevkomitee esimees) (1917–1918)
(independent de jure)
Title: Gouvernement Commissioner (Kubermangukomissar) (1917 - 1918)
Title: Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (Rahvakomissaride Nõukogu esimees) (1917 - 1918)
Title: Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of Estonia (Peaminister) (1918 - 1919)
Title: Prime Minister (Peaminister) (1919 - 1920)
Title: Head of State (Riigivanem) (1920 - 1934)
Title: Prime Minister acting Head of State (Peaminister Riigivanema ülesannetes) (1934 - 1937)
Title: President-Regent (Riigihoidja) (1937 - 1938)
Title: President of the Republic (1938 - 1940)
Title: Prime Minister acting President (Peaminister Vabariigi Presidendi ülesandeis) (1940 - 1992)
Title: Acting Prime Minister (Peaministri asetäitja) (since 1944)
Title: Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia (in the body of Soviet Union) (1990 - 1991)
Title: Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia (Eesti Vabariigi Ülemnõukogu esimees) (1991 - 1992)
Title: President (since 1992)
Title: Regent Councillor (1918)
Title: Chairman of the Council of The Commune of the Working People of Estonia (Eesti Töörahva Komuuna Nõukogu esimees) (1918 - 1919)
Title: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of Estonian SSR (Eesti NSV Ülemnõukogu Presiidiumi esimees) (1940 - 1988)
Title: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of Estonian SSR (independent) (1988 - 1990)
Title: Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (NLKP Keskkomitee peasekretär) (1940 - 1991)
(Reichskommissariat Ostland)
Title: Führer und Reichskanzler (1941 - 1944)
References
- ^ Raun, Toivo (2001). Estonia and the Estonians. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, p. 12. ISBN 0817928529.
See also
