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| 1061 | Otto von Nordheim |  |
| Bavaria Created Duke of Bavaria |
| 1156 | Otto I von Wittlesbach |  |
| Palatinate Created Count Palatinate |
| 1180 | Otto I von Wittlesbach |  |
| Bavaria Created Duke of Bavaria, founds the Wittlesbach dynasty in Bavaria |
| 1231 | Otto II the Illustrious |  |
| Bavaria Created Duke |
| 1237 | Conrad IV |  |
| Swabia Created Duke of Swabia |
| 1262 | Conradin |  |
| Swabia Created Duke of Swabia |
| 1618 | John Sigismund |  |
| Brandenburg Becomes the Duke of Prussia |
| 1625 | Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von |  |
| Created Duke of Friedland |
| 1627 | Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von |  |
| Mecklenburg Created Duke of Mecklenburg |
| 1635 | Hatzfield |  |
| Created a Count by Emperor Ferdinand III |
| 1644 | Rupert of the Rhine |  |
| 24th Jan Cumberland Created Duke of Cumberland |
| 24th Jan Holderness Created Earl of Holderness |
| 1814 | Bulow, Friedrich Wilhelm |  |
| Created a Count |
| 1865 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von |  |
| Created Graf von Bismarck-Sch馬hausen |
| 1871 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von |  |
| Created F〉st von Bismarck (Prince Bismarck) |
| 1890 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von |  |
| Created Herzog von Lauenburg (Duke of Lauenburg), highest rank of non-sovereign nobility & styled Serene Highness |
| 1899 | Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin |  |
| Berlin Created Count Bulow |
| 1906 | Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin |  |
| Berlin Created Prince |