Sites about particular persons relevant to German history
Arminius
b. 17 BCE; d. 19 CE. Original name not known; latinized name Arminius; in modern Germany often referenced as Hermann.
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Chancellors
The office of Reichskanzler (1871-1945) and Bundeskanzler (1949-) is that of Germany's (1949-1990: West Germany's) chief executive/head of Government.
Adenauer, Konrad,
Bismarck, Prince Otto Edward Leopold von,
Brandt, Willy,
Kohl, Helmut,
Schröder, Gerhard,
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Emperors
Rulers of Germany as a whole (i.e. emperors of the Holy Roman Empire up to 1806 and of the 1871-1918 empire), of the Frankish empire when that empire comprised large parts of Germany, and also rulers of the states within Germany (such as Prussia, Bavaria, Hanover, Hesse, etc.).
Leopold I,
Wilhelm II,
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Presidents
The office of President (Reichspräsident, 1919-1934; Bundespräsident;, 1949-) is that of the head of state (as opposed to head of government) of the German republican state.
Ebert, Friedrich,
Hindenburg, Paul von,
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