Note:Below it is presented a simplified organisation of the Schwarzburg lands. Some particularities of certain feuds are explained in footnotes.

1. ^The House of Schwarzburg on Heraldica.org
2. ^James, JohnAlmanach de Gotha, Volume I, 2013.
3. ^As it is an inherited land, the counting of the presented rulers respects that of the land, and not the family's.
4. ^Leutenberg briefly separated from Blankenburg in 1287-1326 before being inherited by the Leutenberg branch.
5. ^Arnstadt was ruled by two counts: Gunther VI and Gunther VII. Otto (Gunther VI's son) gave his part to Blankenburg in 1306; Gunther VII died in 1302 and passed it to his two daughters: Irmgard's part went to Hohnstein family; Adelaide's part went to the County of Weimar-Orlamünde; Adelaide's daughter remarries into Schwarzburg family and marries Henry VII, Count of Blankenburg, bringing with her her mother Adelaide's part of Gunther VII's fraction of Arnstadt.
6. ^From 1223 a different numbering starts from the one at Schwarzburg
7. ^Leutenberg proper was acquired in 1326.
8. ^Gunther IX's part of the inheritance possibly corresponded with the original Otto's fraction of Arnstadt, inherited by Blankenburg in 1306.
9. ^At Ehrenstein, Schwarzburg rule lasted until 1461, and was then annexed to theHouse of Mansfeld.
10. ^Briefly reunited with Sondershausen in 1503-1526
11. ^Arnstadt briefly reunited with Sondershausen in 1583-1643
12. ^According toEuropäische Stammtafeln.Detlev Schwennicke:Europäische Stammtafeln, Neue Folge, Band I.3, Tafel 312, Publisher: Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main, 2000.
13. ^According toCronica Reinhardsbrunnensis.Cronica Reinhardsbrunnensis 1034, MGH SS XXX.1, p. 517.
14. ^Despite ruling in Kafernburg, Gunther III is also counted as Count of Schwarzburg.
15. ^His maternal uncle was Count Ludolf I
16. ^From Gunther IV on, the alternative counting gives an independent numbering for the Counts of Kafernburg.
17. ^His great-grandmother's father and brother were respectively Counts Wilbrand I and Wilbrand II.
18. ^^abcdBrothers Gunther VI and Henry V seem to have ascended later than their cousins anad brothers Henry VI and Gunther VII, despite the former pair being elder than the latter. It's possible that Gunther VI and Henry V were already co-ruling with their father (Gunther V) at least c.1270, or at least shortly before their cousins Henry VI and Gunther VII arrived in power (1287).
19. ^^abcdThe brothers Henry VIII and Gunther X apparently ascended first than their cousins Henry VII and Gunther IX. It's possible that they were numbered that way because Henry VII and Gunther IX were elder than Henry VIII and Gunther X, or because the former two (Henry VII and Gunther IX) were possibly co-ruling jointly with their father Henry VI in Blankenburg, before dividing their estates in 1326.
20. ^As said previously, Gunther IX's part was probably from Otto of Arnstadt, and as so part of Blankenburg patrimony since 1306.
21. ^According to some sources he died in 1362.
22. ^^abcdeIn the period 1350-1400, there were a lot of co-rulerships of children who did not survive their fathers, which compromised and confused the counting order.Gunther XIV, official ruler from 1373 at Arnstadt, possibly co-ruled with his father Henry IX (and his brothers Henry XII and Henry XIII) since c.1360.Gunther XV, started his rule in 1362 in Wachsenburg.Gunther XVI started his co-rulership in Sondershausen in 1368.Gunther XVII, did not survive his father John II, but co-ruled with him in half 2 of Schwarzburg from 1373.Gunther XVIII ascended in half 1 of Schwarzburg, in 1382.
23. ^^abcdefgIn the period 1350-1400, there were a lot of co-rulerships of children who didn't survive their fathers, which compromised and confused the counting order.Henry XII andHenry XIII, official rulers from 1373 in Blankenburg, possibly co-ruled with their father Henry IX (and their brothers Gunther XIV) since c.1360.Henry XIV started his co-rulership in Sondershausen in 1368.Henry XV did not survive his father John II, but co-ruled with him in half 2 of Schwarzburg from 1373.Henry XVI, despite ascending alone in 1402, probably co-ruled with his father (Henry XI) since c.1390.Henry XVII, ascended in Wachsenburg in 1397.Henry XVIII started his co-rulership in Blankenburg with his father Henry XIV and uncle Gunther XVI in c.1400.
24. ^^abHenry XXIII and Henry XXIV were cousins and were numbered according to their birth order, but the latter ascended first than the former.
25. ^^abNickname given to him by theFruitbearing Society.