Editing List of German monarchs (section)

===German Confederation (1815–1866)===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Portrait
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | House
! scope="col" | Began
! scope="col" | Ended
|-
|[[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
|-
|[[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
|-
|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
|-
|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
|-
|[[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
|}