Karl IV
Günther von Schwarzburg
Wenzel
Ruprecht von der Pfalz
Jobst von Mähren
Sigismund
= 1355
= 1433
1438-1439
1440-1493
1493-1519
1519-1556
House of Habsburg
(king of Germany automatically emperor from 1508)
Albrecht II
Friedrich III
Maximilian I
Karl V
= 1452
= 1508
1556-1564
1564-1576
1576-1612
Ferdinand I
Maximilian II
Rudolf II
1612-1619
1619-1637
1637-1657
Matthias
Ferdinand II
Ferdinand III
1658-1705
1705-1711
1711-1740
1740-1742
Leopold I
Joseph I
Karl VI
Interregnum
1742-1745
House of Wittelsbach
Karl VII Albrecht
1745-1765
1765-1790
1790-1792
1792-1806
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Franz I Stephan
Joseph II
Leopold II
Franz II
1806-1813
1815-1866
1867-1871
Confederation of the Rhine
German Confederation
North German Confederation
House of Hohenzollern
1871-1888
1888
1888-1918
Wilhelm I
Friedrich III
Wilhelm II
1918-1933
1933-1945
1945-1949
1949-1990
1990-
Weimar Republic
Third Reich
Allied
Occupation
West and East Germany
Federal Republic of Germany
* = Germany was 876 divided between the brothers Karlmann (Bavaria), Karl (Swabia) and
Ludwig (Saxony, Thüringia and Franconia). When Karlmann died 880 his
land was inherited by Ludwig who's lands then was inherited by Karl 882.