Günther von Schwarzburg

Günther von Schwarzburg (1304–1349), count of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg, was a younger son of Count Henry VII. By 1331 he had married Elisabeth of Hohnstein and had five children. A diplomat of Emperor Louis IV, he led the Wittelsbach party after Louis's death in 1347.

On 30 January 1349 four electors chose him anti-king against Charles IV, whose army routed his forces at Eltville. By the Treaty of Eltville he renounced the crown; he died at Frankfurt on 14 June 1349 and was buried in Frankfurt Cathedral.