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This is a list of monarchs who ruled over East Francia, and the Kingdom of Germany (Latin: Regnum Teutonicum), from the division of the Frankish Empire in 843 and the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 until the collapse of the German Empire in 1918:
This is a list of kings who ruled over the German territories of central Europe. The kings reigned from the division of the Frankish Empire in 843 until the end of the German Empire in 1918. It also includes the heads of the different German confederations after the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806.
ImageNameHouseKingLouis the German (Ludwig II der ...11 August 843—Louis the Younger (Ludwig III der ...28 August 876—Carloman (Karlmann)28 August 876—Charles the Fat (Karl III, der Dicke)28 August 87612 February 881The following image is a family tree of every prince, king, queen, monarch, confederation president and emperor of Germany, from Charlemagne in 800 over Louis the German in 843 through to Wilhelm II in 1918. It shows how almost every single ruler of Germany was related to every other by marriages, and hence they can all be put into a single tree.
The Monarchy of Germany (the German Monarchy) was the system of government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918.
Kings were chosen by German electors and would be crowned Emperor by the Pope in Rome. The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by Francis II after the defeat by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805.
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Crowned by the pope, the Holy Roman Emperor was thought of as the ruler of all of Christendom. Beginning in the 10th century, the German king was elected by the dukes, the leaders of the duchies that made up the realm.
