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By this ceremony, the North German Confederation was transformed into the German Empire. This empire was a federal monarchy ; the emperor was head of state and president of the federated monarchs (the kings of Bavaria , Württemberg , Saxony , the grand dukes of Oldenburg , Baden , Mecklenburg-Schwerin , Hesse , as well as other principalities ...
German titles of nobility were usually inherited by all male-line descendants, although some descended by male primogeniture, especially in 19th and 20th century Prussia (e.g., Otto von Bismarck, born a baronial Junker (not a title), was granted the title of count extending to all his male-line descendants, and later that of prince in ...
German kingdom (blue) in the Holy Roman Empire around 1000. 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:
The 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.
Pages in category "German noble families" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 239 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
German nobility can be classified three ways: by noble rank of title (Graf, Ritter, Baron, etc.), by the region of titular domain or possession, or by family lineage (for example House of Wittelsbach). Categorization ideally reflects all three aspects. Since 1919 nobility is no longer legally recognized.
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Pages in category "German monarchs" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... About Wikipedia; Disclaimers; Contact Wikipedia; Code of Conduct;