Editing List of German monarchs (section)

==Modern Germany (1806–1918)==
===Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813)===
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|[[Napoleon I]]<br>Emperor of the French<br />King of Italy
|[[File:Jacques-Louis David - The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries - Google Art Project.jpg|100px]]
|[[Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine]]
|[[File:Arms of the French Empire3.svg|80px|]]<br/>[[House of Bonaparte|Bonaparte]]
|12 July 1806
|19 October 1813

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|[[Karl Theodor von Dalberg]],<br>Prince-Archbishop of [[Principality of Regensburg|Regensburg]]<br>Grand Duke of [[Grand Duchy of Frankfurt|Frankfurt]]
|[[File:Portrait of Karl Theodor von Dalberg by Franz Stirnbrand.jpg|100px]]
|[[Prince-primate]] of the<br>[[Confederation of the Rhine]]
|[[File:Wappen Großherzogtum Frankfurt.svg|80px|]]<br />[[Dalberg]]
|25 July 1806
|26 October 1813
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|[[Eugène de Beauharnais]],<br>Grand Duke of [[Grand Duchy of Frankfurt|Frankfurt]]
|[[File:EugeneBeau.jpg|100px]]
|[[Prince-primate]] of the<br>[[Confederation of the Rhine]]
|[[File:Blason Eugène de Beauharnais (1781-1824).svg|80px|]]<br />[[House of Beauharnais|Beauharnais]]
|26 October 1813
|December<br />1813
|}

===German Confederation (1815–1866)===
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! scope="col" | Began
! scope="col" | Ended
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|[[Francis I of Austria|Francis I]],<br>[[Emperor of Austria]]<br><small>(Franz I., Kaiser von Österreich)</small>
|[[File:Joseph Kreutzinger - Kaiser Franz I.jpg|125x125px]]
|Head of the presiding power
''(Präsidialmacht)'' Austria<ref name="Ernst Rudolf Huber 1830. p. 589">Ernst Rudolf Huber: ''Deutsche Verfassungsgeschichte seit 1789''. Vol. I: ''Reform und Restauration 1789 bis 1830.'' 2nd edition, [[Kohlhammer Verlag]], [[Stuttgart]] [et.al.] 1967, p. 589.</ref>
|[[File:Genealogical arms House of Habsburg-Lorraine 1806.svg|80px|]]<br/>[[Habsburg-Lorraine]]
|20 June 1815
|2 March 1835
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|[[Ferdinand I of Austria|Ferdinand I]],<br>[[Emperor of Austria]]<br><small>(Ferdinand I., Kaiser von Österreich)</small>
|[[File:Kaiser Ferdinand I.jpg|100px]]
||Head of the presiding power<br>''(Präsidialmacht)'' Austria<ref name="Ernst Rudolf Huber 1830. p. 589"/>
|[[File:Genealogical arms House of Habsburg-Lorraine 1806.svg|80px|]]<br/>[[Habsburg-Lorraine]]
|2 March 1835
|12 July 1848
|-
|[[Archduke John of Austria]]<br><small>(Erzherzog Johann von Österreich)</small>
|[[File:Leopold Kupelwieser - Erzherzog Johann.jpg|100px]]
|Regent ''([[Reichsverweser]])'' <br>of the [[German Empire (1848–49)|revolutionary German Empire]]<ref>Ernst Rudolf Huber: ''Deutsche Verfassungsgeschichte seit 1789''. Vol. I: ''Reform und Restauration 1789 bis 1830.'' 2nd edition, [[Kohlhammer Verlag]], Stuttgart [et.al.] 1967, pp. 625–627, 808.</ref>
|[[File:Genealogical arms House of Habsburg-Lorraine 1806.svg|80px|]]<br/>[[Habsburg-Lorraine]]
|12 July 1848
|20 December 1849
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|rowspan="2"|[[Frederick William IV of Prussia|Frederick William IV]],<br>[[King of Prussia]]<br><small>(Friedrich Wilhelm IV., König von Preußen)</small>
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Frederick William IV (1795-1861).jpg|127x127px]]
|''Emperor of the Germans'' elect<ref>Elected ''Emperor of the Germans'' by the [[Frankfurt National Assembly]] on 28 March 1849, but refused the crown on 28 April 1849. 
Manfred Botzenhart: ''Deutscher Parlamentarismus in der Revolutionszeit 1848–1850''. Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1977, pp. 697/698.</ref>
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Wappen Hohenzollern 2.svg|80px|]]<br/>[[Hohenzollern]]
|28 March 1849 || 28 April 1849
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|Presidium of the Union<br>(''Unionsvorstand'') of the [[Erfurt Union]]<ref>''Anlage II: Additional-Akte zu dem Entwurf der Verfassung des Deutschen Reichs''. In: Thüringer Landtag Erfurt (ed.): ''150 Jahre Erfurter Unionsparlament (1850–2000)'' (= Schriften zur Geschichte des Parlamentarismus in Thüringen. H. 15) Wartburg Verlag, Weimar 2000, {{ISBN|3-86160-515-5}}, S. 27–44, here pp. 185–187.</ref>
|26 May 1849
|29 November 1850
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|[[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Francis Joseph I]],<br>[[Emperor of Austria]]<br><small>(Franz Joseph I., Kaiser von Österreich)</small>
|[[File: Franz Joseph of Austria young.jpg|100px]]
|Head of the presiding power<br>''(Präsidialmacht)'' Austria
|[[File:Genealogical arms House of Habsburg-Lorraine 1806.svg|80px|]]<br/>[[Habsburg-Lorraine]]
|1 May 1850
|24 August 1866
|}

===North German Confederation (1867–1871)===
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! scope="col" | House
! scope="col" | Began
! scope="col" | Ended
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|[[William I, German Emperor|Wilhelm I]],<br>[[King of Prussia]]<br><small>(Wilhelm I, König von Preußen)</small>
| [[File:Kaiser Wilhelm I. .JPG|100px|center]]
|Holder of the ''[[Bundespräsidium]]'' of the<br>North German Confederation
|[[File:Wappen Hohenzollern 2.svg|80px|]]<br/>[[Hohenzollern]]
|1 July 1867
|1 January 1871<ref name="Ernst Rudolf Huber 1789">Ernst Rudolf Huber: Deutsche Verfassungsgeschichte seit 1789. Band III: Bismarck und das Reich. 3. Auflage, [[Kohlhammer Verlag]], Stuttgart 1988, S. 750/751.</ref>
|}

===German Empire (1871–1918)===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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! scope="col" | Portrait
! scope="col" | House
! scope="col" | Began
! scope="col" | Ended
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|[[William I, German Emperor|'''Wilhelm I''']]<br><small>Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig</small>
| [[File:Kaiser Wilhelm I. .JPG|100px|center]]
|[[File:Wappenschild des Deutschen Kaiserreiches (1889-1918).svg|80px|]]<br/>[[Hohenzollern]]
|1 January 1871<ref name="Ernst Rudolf Huber 1789"/>
|9 March 1888
|-
|[[Frederick III, German Emperor|'''Friedrich III''']]<br><small>Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl</small>
| [[File:Emperor Friedrich III.png|100px|center]]
|[[File:Wappenschild des Deutschen Kaiserreiches (1889-1918).svg|80px|]]<br/>[[Hohenzollern]]
|9 March 1888
|15 June 1888
|-
|'''[[Wilhelm II]]'''<br><small>Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert</small>
| [[File:Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902.jpg|100px|center]]
|[[File:Wappenschild des Deutschen Kaiserreiches (1889-1918).svg|80px|]]<br/>[[Hohenzollern]]
|15 June 1888
|28 November 1918<ref>His abdication was announced by the Chancellor on 9 November, and the Emperor went into exile in the Netherlands. He did not formally abdicate until 28 November.</ref>
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