Holy Roman Empire Name Generator

Among rulers and nobles the most common men's names were Heinrich, Otto, Konrad, Friedrich, Albrecht, Ludwig, Rudolf, Wilhelm and later Maximilian, Ferdinand and Leopold. Women were often Adelheid, Kunigunde, Gisela, Agnes, Mathilde, Hedwig, Elisabeth, Margarethe, Anna and Maria. Townspeople used the same given names with trade surnames such as Schmied, Weber, Müller or Pfister.

Otto der Große (the first emperor crowned in 962), Heinrich IV of the Investiture Controversy, Friedrich Barbarossa, Friedrich II of Hohenstaufen, Rudolf von Habsburg, Karl IV of Luxemburg, Sigismund, Maximilian I, Karl V, Rudolf II, Leopold I, Maria Theresia's husband Franz Stephan and her son Joseph II are the most frequently named. Franz II dissolved the Empire in 1806.

A noble name was a given name plus von and the family seat, for example Ulrich von Liechtenstein or Franz von Sickingen. Titles such as Graf, Freiherr, Markgraf, Pfalzgraf or Herzog sat between the given name and von. Ruling princes were usually identified by territory and an epithet rather than a surname, as in Albrecht der Bär or Heinrich der Löwe.

Yes. The list covers the whole span of both games, from Ottonian dukes and Staufer knights to Habsburg archdukes, Bohemian magnates, Fugger bankers and Thirty Years' War generals like Wallenstein, Tilly and Pappenheim, so you can pick a name that fits your start date and region.