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Political Leadership of Germania
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CAROLINGIAN DYNASTY (First Reich) |
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751 |
PEPIN |
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768 |
KARL DER GROSSE (Charlemagne) - inherits Kingdom of the Franks |
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814 |
LUDWIG (the Pious) |
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843 |
LUDWIG II (the German) |
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876 |
KARL III (the Fat) |
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887 |
ARNULF - nephew of Karl III |
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899 |
LUDWIG IV (the Child) |
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911 |
KONRAD I of Franconia - elected |
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SAXON DYNASTY |
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919 |
HEINRICH I (the Fowler) - designated by Konrad I |
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936 |
OTTO I (the Great) |
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973 |
OTTO II |
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983 |
OTTO III |
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1002 |
HEINRICH II (the Saint) - cousin of Otto I |
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SALIAN DYNASTY |
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1024 |
KONRAD II - distant relative of Otto I |
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1039 |
HEINRICH III (the Black) |
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1056 |
HEINRICH IV |
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1106 |
HEINRICH V |
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1125 |
LOTHAIR III (House of Welf) - elected |
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HOHENSTAUFEN DYNASTY |
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1138 |
KONRAD III - nephew of Duke Friedrich of Swabia |
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1152 |
FRIEDRICH I (Barbarosa) - nephew of Konrad III |
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1190 |
HEINRICH VI |
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1197 - 1212 |
(no ruler) |
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1212 |
FRIEDRICH II |
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1250 - 1273 |
Great Interregnum (no ruler) |
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HABSBURG DYNASTY (Austria-Hungary) |
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1273 |
RUDOLF of Habsburg - elected |
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1292 |
ADOLF of Nassau - elected |
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1298 |
ALBERT I of Habsburg |
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1308 |
HEINRICH VII of Luxemburg - rival of Habsburgs |
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1314 |
LUDWIG IV (the Bavarian) - House of Wittelsbach |
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1347 |
KARL IV of Luxemburg - grandson of Heinrich VII |
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1378 |
WENCESLAS of Bohemia - son of Karl IV |
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1400 |
RUPERT of the Pfalz - elected |
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1410 |
SIGISMUND of Bohemia - brother of Wenceslas |
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1438 |
ALBERT II of Habsburg - Sigismund's son-in-law |
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1440 |
FRIEDRICH III - cousin of Albert II |
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1493 |
MAXIMILIAN I |
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1519 |
KARL V - grandson of Maximilian I |
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1531 |
FERDINAND I - brother of Karl V |
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1564 |
MAXIMILIAN II |
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1576 |
RUDOLF II |
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1612 |
MATTHIAS - 30 Years War (1618) breaks up "Germany" |
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1619 |
FERDINAND II - brother of Matthias |
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1637 |
FERDINAND III |
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1658 |
LEOPOLD I |
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1705 |
JOSEPH I |
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1711 |
KARL VI - father of Maria Theresa |
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1742 |
KARL VII of Bavaria - non Habsburg |
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1745 |
FRANZ I - married Maria Theresa |
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1765 |
JOSEPH II |
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1790 |
LEOPOLD II - brother of Joseph II |
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1792 |
FRANZ II - first emperor of Austria |
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1821 |
KLEMENS VON METTERNICH |
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1848 |
FRANZ JOSEPH I - also King of Hungary |
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1916 |
KARL I - ruled until 1918 |
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HOHENZOLLERN DYNASTY (PRUSSIA) |
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1640 |
FRIEDRICH -WILHELM of Hohenzollern (Great Elector) |
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1688 |
FRIEDRICH I (1701 - König in Preußen) |
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1713 |
FRIEDRICH-WILHELM I (Soldier King, König in Preußen) |
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1740 |
FRIEDRICH II (The Great, König in Preußen, 1772 - König von Preußen) |
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1786 |
FRIEDRICH-WILHELM II (König von Preußen) |
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1797 |
FRIEDRICH-WILHELM III (König von Preußen) |
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1840 |
FRIEDRICH-WILHELM IV (König von Preußen) |
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SECOND REICH |
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1861 |
WILHELM I (König von Preußen, 1871 - Deutscher Kaiser) |
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1888 |
FRIEDRICH III (Kaiser und König) |
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1888 |
WILHELM II (Kaiser und König) |
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WEIMAR REPUBLIC and THIRD REICH |
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1919 |
FRIEDRICH EBERT |
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1925 |
PAUL VON HINDENBURG |
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1934 |
ADOLF HITLER |
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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY |
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1949 |
KONRAD ADENAUER (der Alte) |
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1963 |
LUDWIG ERHARD |
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1966 |
KURT KIESINGER |
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1969 |
WILLY BRANDT |
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1974 |
HELMUT SCHMIDT |
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1982 |
HELMUT KOHL |
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1999 |
GERHARD SCHROEDER |
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2005 |
ANGELA MERKEL |
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