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European Sovereigns, 1913

(at the time of the marriage of Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia and Prince Ernst August of Hanover, 24 May, Berlin)

Country Sovereign Born Acceded
Austria-Hungary Emperor Franz Joseph I 18 August 1830 2 December 1848
Liechtenstein Prince Johann II 5 October 1840 12 November 1858
Montenegro King Nikola I 7 October 1841 13 August 1860
Romania King Carol I 20 April 1839 20 April 1866
Spain King Alfonso XIII 17 May 1886 17 May 1886
Bulgaria King Ferdinand I 26 February 1861 7 July 1887
Germany Emperor Wilhelm II 27 January 1859 15 June 1888
Monaco Prince Albert 13 November 1848 10 September 1889
Netherlands Queen Wilhelmina 31 August 1880 23 November 1890
Russia Emperor Nicholas II 18 May 1868 1 November 1894
Italy King Vittorio Emanuele III 11 November 1869 29 July 1900
Serbia King Peter I 11 July 1844 12 June 1903
Norway King Haakon VII 3 Aug 1872 18 November 1905
Sweden King Gustaf V 16 June 1858 8 December 1907
Ottoman Empire Sultan Mehmed V 2/3 November 1844 27 April 1909
Belgium King Albert I 8 April 1875 23 December 1909
United Kingdom King George V 3 June 1865 6 May 1910
Luxembourg Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide 14 June 1894 25 February 1912
Denmark King Christian X 26 September 1870 14 May 1912
Greece King Constantine I 2 August 1868 18 March 1913

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German Rulers, 1913

State Ruler Born Acceded
Saxe-Meiningen Duke Georg II 2 Apr 1826 20 Sep 1866
Bavaria King Otto I 27 Apr 1848 13 Jun 1886
German Empire (Prussia) Emperor (King) Wilhelm II 27 Jan 1859 15 Jun 1888
Württemberg King Wilhelm II 25 Feb 1848 6 Oct 1891
Hesse Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig 25 Nov 1868 13 Mar 1892
Waldeck & Pyrmont Prince Friedrich 20 Jan 1865 12 May 1893
Mecklenburg-Schwerin Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV 9 Apr 1882 10 Apr 1897
Oldenburg Grand Duke Friedrich August II 16 Nov 1852 13 Jun 1900
Saxe-Coburg & Gotha Duke Carl Eduard 19 Jul 1884 30 Jul 1900
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst 10 Jun 1876 5 Jan 1901
Reuss (Senior Line) Prince Heinrich XXIV 20 Mar 1878 19 Apr 1902
Anhalt Duke Friedrich II 19 Aug 1856 24 Jan 1904
Mecklenburg-Strelitz Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich V 22 Jul 1848 30 May 1904
Saxony King Friedrich August III 25 May 1865 15 Oct 1904
Lippe Prince Leopold IV 30 May 1871 13 Jan 1905
Baden Grand Duke Friedrich II 9 Jul 1857 28 Sep 1907
Saxe-Altenburg Duke Ernst II 31 Aug 1871 7 Feb 1908
Schwarzburg Prince Günther 21 Aug 1852 28 Mar 1909
Schaumburg-Lippe Prince Adolf II 23 Feb 1883 29 Apr 1911
Reuss (Junior Line) Prince Heinrich XXVII 10 Nov 1858 29 Mar 1913


(By May 1913, the Balkan League of Greece, Servia, & Bulgaria had already mostly expelled the Ottoman Empire from Europe, but borders were not entirely settled yet and most maps in use would have still looked like this.)



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