List of Apostolic Presidents (Merveilles des Morte)

This is a list of Apostolic Presidents (German: Apostolische Präsidenten) of the Rätian Union. This position was one of three presidencies within a triumvirate, nicknamed the apostolic presidency by historians to differentiate it from the other two, which are called the Ergacratic President and the President of the Magi. The Apostolic Presidency was a hereditary leader descended from the founder of thinwhitedukism and the Rätian system, the Thin White Duke. He served as the first "President of Thuringia" from 1517-1522, before the formation of the Rätian Union.

President of Thuringia

The first recognized Apostolic President is the Thin White Duke, whose reign predates the formation of the Rätian Union. Despite this, he is recognized as the progenitor of the office and is styled the "President of Thuringia".

Picture	Name	Reign	Marriages	Claim	CoA
	Thin White Duke (1430-1522)	4 April 1460 – 6 June 1522 (56 years, 20 days)	Fourteen   (1) Drusilla of Thuringia (2) Maria of Sommerschenburg (3) Constance (4) Anne (5) Johanna (6) Wilhelmine Přemysl (7) Christina de la Marck (8) Blanche de la Marck (9) Ida von Lenzburg (10) Ida von Lenzburg (11) Maria of Brnadenburg (12) Elisabeth (13) Elisabeth of Nuremberg (14) Matilda of Meissen	Title Created Twelve Articles

Apostolic Presidents

After the death or disappearance of the Thin White Duke in 1522 he was succeeded by his grandson Henry I, although rule over Thuringia passed instead to his son Hugh the Heir. Henry would oversee the creation of the Rätian Union in 1534, becoming the first official Apostolic President.

Picture	Name	Reign	Marriages	Claim	CoA
	Henry I (1472-1549)	2 February 1534 – 1 May 1549 (56 years, 20 days)	Elizabeth von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg	Primogeniture Grandson of the Thin White Duke
	Louis (1493-1563)	1 May 1549 – 15 January 1563 (56 years, 20 days)	(1) Maria of Hesse (2) Vanessa of Breisgau (3) Margaret de la Marck	Primogeniture Son of Henry I
	Gabriel I (1517-1579)	15 January 1563 – 5 September 1579 (56 years, 20 days)	Never married	Primogeniture Son of Louis
	Henry II (1519-1588)	5 September 1579 – 20 August 1588 (56 years, 20 days)	Four   (1) Sidonie of Bavaria (2) Aurora von Jenagotha (3) Elisabeth von Schwarzburg (4) Constance von Hohenzollern	Primogeniture Brother of Gabriel I
	Ismael I (1545-1600)	20 August 1588 – 19 March 1600 (56 years, 20 days)	(1) Euphemia of Opole	Primogeniture Son of Henry II
	Gabriel II (1577- )	19 March 1600 – (56 years, 20 days)		Primogeniture Son of Ismael I

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