Popponids

Popponids
(Elder House of Babenberg)
Popponids; (Elder House of Babenberg)
Ruling dynasty in Franconia, Thuringia and Bavaria in the ninth century
Country	Carolingian Empire, East Francia, Kingdom of Germany
Founded	9th century, by Poppo I of Grapfeld
Titles	List - Count of Grabfeld and Tullifeld (819-945) ; - Princeps militiae (...–886) ; - Duke of Franconia (Margrave of the Franks, Duke of the Austrasians) (882–892) ; - Margrave of Thuringia (880–892) ; - Duke of the Sorbian March (...–906) ; - Margrave of the Nordgau (903–906) ; - Count of the Volkfeld ;
Cadet branches	Elder Babenberg, Houses of Schweinfurt, Scheyern, Wittelsbach, Younger Babenberg, Henneberg, Babonids

The Popponids were a Frankish dynasty flourising in the early 9th century that originated from Grabfeld. They are named after their descent from Poppo of Grapfeld, who in turn descended from the Robertians. The Popponids gradually evolved into the Elder (or Franconian) House of Babenberg. They were related to the Luitpoldings.

Various dynasties are thought to be descending from them, most importantly the Younger (or Austrian) House of Babenberg, who named themselves after the Elder House of Babenberg although their precise linkage cannot yet be proven. But the Wittelsbach, the Henneberg, the Schweinfurt and the Babonids are also thought to be descending from the Popponids.