= German Monarchs = A history of '''German monarchs'''. <> ---- == Kingdom of Germany == [[WorldHistory/CarolingianDynasty|Charlemagne's empire]] had dissolved the tribal duchies of Germany. In their place, '''stem duchies''' (''stammesherzogtum'') were established: * Saxony * Bavaria * Swabia (a.k.a. Alemannia) * Franconia * Lotharingia (a.k.a. Lorraine) * Note that Lotharingia quickly dissolved, but the powerful office of the count palatine of Lotharingia was enshrined into the county palatine of the Rhine, which eventually evolved into the '''Electoral Palatinate''' These duchies, sometimes proclaiming themselves kingdoms, would eventually form the basis of a German kingdom. When '''Louis the Child''' died in 911, the dukes of Saxony, Bavaria, and Swabia intervened to bar '''Charles the Simple''' of West Francia from inheriting. They elected the duke of Franconia, '''Conrad I''', to be king instead. As a non-Carolingian had been crowned, this is considered to be the moment when [[WorldHistory/EastFrancia|East Francia]] evolved into the '''kingdom of Germany'''. TODO: more history! ---- == Margraviate of Brandenburg == ---- == Kingdom of Prussia == TODO: more history! ---- == North German Confederation == TODO: learn some history! ---- == German Empire == TODO: learn some history! ---- == Dynasties == === Carolingian === === Conradine === === Ottonian === === Hohenzollern === ---- CategoryRicottone CategoryTodoLearnHistory