Prussian Empire

Royal Standard: King of Prussia (1871–1918)
Preceded byKingdom of Prussia
Followed byAbolished 1918

Three Emperors edit

   

Wilhelm I
1797 - 1888
 
1871 - 1888
 

Augusta
1811 - 1890
   

Frederick III
1831 - 1888
Hohenzollern
 
1888 - 1919
 

Victoria
1840 - 1901
   

Wilhelm II
1859 - 1941
 
1888 - 1919
 

Victoria
1858 – 1921
 

Three Kings edit

Emperor House Empress States of the Empire[1]
 

Wilhelm I
1797 - 1888
Hohenzollern
 
1871 - 1888
 

Augusta
1811 - 1890
1. Kingdom of Prussia: 2. Kingdom of Bavaria: 3. Kingdom of Saxony: 4. Kingdom of Württemberg: 5. Grand Duchy of Baden: 6. Grand Duchy of Hesse: 7. Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin: 8. Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz: 9. Grand Duchy of Oldenburg: 10. Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: 11. Duchy of Anhalt: 12. Duchy of Brunswick: 13. Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg: 14. Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: 15. Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg (merged 1876): 16. Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen: 17. Principality of Lippe: 18. Principality of Reuss, senior line: 19. Principality of Reuss, junior line: 20. Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe: 21. Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt: 22. Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen: 23. Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont: 24. Free City of Bremen: 25. Free City of Hamburg: 26. Free City of Lübeck: 27. Alsace-Lorraine

Emperor of Germany (1918) edit

Emperor Styles Empress Symbols German Empire 1871 – 1918
 

1859 – 1941
His Imperial and Royal Majesty
The German Emperor, King of Prussia
Wilhelm II


Her Imperial and Royal Majesty
The German Empress, Queen of Prussia
Augusta Victoria
 

1858 – 1921
House of Hohenzollern
 

 

1871 – 1918
Kingdoms
Prussia. Bavaria. Saxony. Württemberg.
Grand Duchies
Baden. Hesse. Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Oldenburg. Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Duchies
Anhalt. Brunswick. Saxe-Altenburg. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Saxe-Meiningen.
Principalities
Lippe. Reuss, junior line. Reuss, senior line. Schaumburg-Lippe. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. Waldeck-Pyrmont.
Free Hanseatic cities
Bremen. Hamburg. Lübeck.
Imperial territory (Reichsland)
Alsace-Lorraine.

Kings and Kingdoms (1918) edit

Ruler Title Arms – Flag House – State Location Spouse – Children
  Kaiser
Wilhelm II

1859 – 1941
 
 
House of Hohenzollern
C.11th – 1918

Kingdom of Prussia
1701 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
(2) Hermine Reuss of Greiz

Children:
(1) William, German Crown Prince, (2) Eitel Friedrich, (3) Prince Adalbert, (4) Prince August Wilhelm, (5) Prince Oskar, (6) Prince Joachim, (7) Princess Viktoria Luise

  King
Ludwig III

1845 – 1921
 
 
House of Wittelsbach
1180–1918

Kingdom of Bavaria
1806 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Maria Theresia of Austria-Este

Children:
(1) Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, (2) Adelgunde of Hohenzollern, (3) Maria, Duchess of Calabria, (4) Karl of Bavaria, (5) Franz of Bavaria, (6) Mathilde Ludwig of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary (7) Wolfgang of Bavaria (8) Hildegarde of Bavaria, (9) Notburga of Bavaria, (10) Wiltrud, Duchess of Urach, (11) Helmtrud of Bavaria, (12) Dietlinde of Bavaria, (13) Gundelinde of Bavaria

  King
Frederick Augustus III

1865 – 1932
 
 
House of Wettin
900 – 1918

Kingdom of Saxony
1806 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany

Children:
(1) Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, (2) Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, (3) Ernst Heinrich of Saxony, (4) Maria Alix Karola of Saxony, (5) Margarete Karola of Saxony, (6) Maria Alix (Luitpolda) of Saxony, (7) Princess Anna of Saxony

  King
Wilhelm II

1848 – 1921
 
 
House of Württemberg
1081 – 1918

Kingdom of Württemberg
1806 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont
(2) Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe

Children:
(1) Pauline, Princess of Wied, (2) Prince Ulrich

Grand Dukes and Grand Duchies (1918) edit

Ruler Title Arms – Flag House – State Location Spouse – Children
  Grand Duke
Friedrich II

1857 – 1928
 
 
House of Zähringen
C.10th – 1918

Grand Duchy of Baden
1806 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Princess Hilda of Nassau
  Grand Duke
Ernest Louis

1868 – 1937
 
 
House of Hesse-Darmstadt
1806 – 1918

Grand Duchy of Hesse by Rhine
1806 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(2) Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich

Children:
(1) Princess Elisabeth, (2) Hereditary Grand Duke George Donatus, (3) Prince Louis

  Grand Duke
Friedrich Franz IV

1882 – 1945
 
 
House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1131 – 1918

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1815 – 1918
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
(1918)
  Spouse:
(1) Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland

Children:
(1) Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz, (2) Duke Christian Ludwig, (3) Duchess Olga, (4) Duchess Thyra, (5) Anastasia, Princess Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

  Grand Duke
Friedrich Augustus

1852 – 1931
 
House of Holstein-Gottorp
(Oldenburg)

1544 – 1918

Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
1814 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, (2) Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Children:
(1) Sophia Charlotte, Princess Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, (2) Duchess Margaret, (3) Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke (4) Duchess Alexandrine, (5) Ingeborg Alix, Princess Stephan of Schaumburg-Lippe, (6) Altburg, Hereditary Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont

  Grand Duke
Wilhelm Ernest

1876 – 1923
 
 
House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
1741 – 1918

Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
1809 – 1920
  Spouse:
(1) Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, (2) Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen

Children:
(1) Sophie, Princess of Schwarzburg,
(2) Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach,
(3) Prince Bernhard, (4) Prince Georg

Dukes and Duchies (1918) edit

Ruler Title Arms – Flag House – State Location Spouse – Children
Duke
Joachim Ernst

1901 – 1947
 
 
House of Ascania
1036 – 1918

Duchy of Anhalt
1863 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Elisabeth Strickrodt, (2) Editha Marwitz

Children:
(1) Princess Alexandra, (2) Princess Anna Luise,
(3) Prince Friedrich, (4) Princess Edda, (5) Prince Eduard

  Duke
Ernest Augustus

1845 – 1923
 
 
House of Hanover
1635 – 1918

Duchy of Brunswick
1815 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Princess Thyra of Denmark

Children:
(1) Marie Louise, Princess Maximilian of Baden,
(2) Prince George William of Hanover and Cumberland,
(3) Alexandra, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin,
(4) Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland, (5) Prince Christian of Hanover and Cumberland, (6) Ernest Augustus III, Duke of Brunswick

  Duke
Ernst II

1871 – 1955
 
 
House of Wettin
900 – 1918

Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
1826 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe, (2) Maria Triebel (morganatic)

Children:
(1) Charlotte Agnes, Princess Sigismund of Prussia,
(2) Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince,
(3) Princess Elisabeth Karola, (4) Prince Frederick Ernst

  Duke
Charles Edward

1884 – 1954
 
 
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1826 – 1918

Duchy of Saxe-Coburg Gotha
1826 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein

Children:
(1) Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
(2) Princess Sibylla, Duchess of Västerbotten,
(3) Prince Hubertus, (4) Princess Caroline Mathilde, (5) Prince Friedrich Josias

  Duke
Bernhard III

1851 – 1928
 
 
House of Saxe-Meiningen
(Wettin)
1680 – 1918

Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
1680 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Princess Charlotte of Prussia

Children:
(1) Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen

Princes and Principalities (1918) edit

Ruler Title Arms – Flag House – State Location Spouse – Children
  Prince
Leopold IV

1871 – 1949
 
 
House of Lippe
1123 – 1918

Principality of Lippe
1123 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Princess Bertha of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
(2) Princess Anna of Ysenburg and Büdingen
  Prince
Adolph II

1883 – 1936
 
 
House of Lippe
1123 – 1918

Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
1643 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Ellen Bischoff-Korthaus (1894–1936)
  Prince
Victor Gunther

1852 – 1925
 
 
House of Schwarzburg
11?? – 1918

Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
1599 – 1919
Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
(1909–1920)
  Spouse

(1) Princess Anna Louise of Schönburg-Waldenburg

  Prince
Friedrich

1865 – 1946
 
 
House of Waldeck and Pyrmont
1815 – 1918

Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont
1180 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe

Children:
(1) Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, (2) Prince Maximilian, (3) Helena, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg, (4) Prince Georg

  Prince
Heinrich XXIV

1878 – 1927
 
 
House of Reuss
(Elder Line)

1778 – 1918

Principality of Reuss-Greiz
1778 – 1918
 
  Prince
Heinrich XXVII

1858 – 1928
 
 
House of Reuss
(Younger Line)

1913 – 1918

Principality of Reuss-Gera
1806 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Children:
(1) Viktoria, Duchess Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, (2) Princess Luise Adelheid, (3) Prince Heinrich XL, (4) Prince Heinrich XLIII, (5) Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line

  Prince
Frederich Charles

1868 – 1940
 
 
House of Hesse
House of Brabant
C.13th – 1918

Grand Duchy of Hesse
1806 – 1918
  Spouse:
(1) Princess Margaret of Prussia

Children:
(1) Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, (2) Prince Maximilian, (3) Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse, (4) Prince Wolfgang, (5) Prince Christoph, (6) Prince Richard