Timeline: Royalty of Europe

Period: Apr 17, 1422 to Apr 18, 1461

Charles VII France

Period: Apr 17, 1440 to Apr 18, 1505

Ivan the Great (III) Russia

Period: Apr 17, 1461 to Apr 18, 1483

Louis XI France

Spider King

Period: Apr 17, 1474 to Apr 18, 1516

Ferdinand and Isabella

Isabella of Castile (died 1504)
Ferdinand of Aragon

Period: Apr 17, 1485 to Apr 18, 1509

Henry VII England

Period: Apr 17, 1493 to Apr 18, 1519

Maximilian I Austria

Period: Apr 17, 1509 to Apr 18, 1547

Henry VIII England

Period: Apr 17, 1519 to Apr 18, 1556

Charles V Austria

Period: Apr 17, 1533 to Apr 18, 1584

Ivan the Terrible (IV)

Period: Apr 17, 1553 to Apr 18, 1558

Mary I England

Period: Apr 17, 1556 to Apr 18, 1598

Philip II Spain

Period: Apr 17, 1558 to Apr 18, 1603

Elizabeth I England

Period: Apr 17, 1574 to Apr 18, 1589

Henry III France

War of Three Henrys

Period: Apr 17, 1589 to Apr 18, 1610

Henry IV of Navarre France

converted to catholocism

Period: Apr 17, 1598 to Apr 18, 1613

Time of Troubles Russia

disputed line of succession

Period: Apr 17, 1603 to Apr 18, 1625

James I/James VI England

Period: Apr 17, 1610 to Apr 18, 1643

Louis XIII France

Period: Apr 17, 1613 to Apr 18, 1645

Michael Russia

first Romanov

Period: Apr 17, 1619 to Apr 18, 1637

Ferdinand II Austria

Period: Apr 17, 1624 to Apr 18, 1642

Cardinal Richelieu France

regent, chief minister

Period: Apr 17, 1625 to Apr 18, 1649

Charles I England

English Civil War, beheaded

Period: Apr 17, 1640 to Apr 18, 1688

Friedrich Wilhelm Prussia

The Great Elector

Period: Apr 17, 1642 to Apr 18, 1649

English Civil War

Period: Apr 17, 1643 to Apr 18, 1715

Louis XIV France

Sun King

Period: Apr 17, 1649 to Apr 18, 1658

Oliver Cromwell England

Lord Protector, dictator

Period: Apr 17, 1682 to Apr 18, 1725

Peter the Great (I) Russia

Period: Apr 17, 1688 to Apr 18, 1713

Friedrich I Prussia

Period: Apr 17, 1689 to Apr 18, 1702

Mary II & William III England

Glorious Revolution, Stuart/Orange

Period: Apr 17, 1711 to Apr 18, 1740

Charles VI Austria

Period: Apr 17, 1713 to Apr 18, 1740

Friedrich Wilhelm I

The Soldier King

Period: Apr 17, 1714 to Apr 18, 1727

George I England

Period: Apr 17, 1740 to Apr 18, 1780

Maria Theresa Austria

Period: Apr 17, 1740 to Apr 18, 1786

Friedrich II Prussia

Frederick the Great

Period: Apr 17, 1760 to Apr 18, 1820

George III England

Period: Apr 17, 1762 to Apr 18, 1796

Catherine the Great (II) Russia

Period: Apr 17, 1774 to Apr 18, 1792

Louis XVI France

Period: Apr 17, 1780 to Apr 18, 1790

Joseph II Austria

Period: Apr 17, 1790 to Apr 18, 1792

Leopold II Austria

Period: Apr 17, 1795 to Apr 18, 1799

Directory France

Period: Apr 17, 1799 to Apr 18, 1815

Napoleon Bonaparte

Period: Apr 17, 1801 to Apr 18, 1825

Alexander I Russia

Period: Apr 17, 1814 to Apr 18, 1824

Louis XVIII France

monarchy restored

Period: Apr 17, 1819 to Apr 18, 1848

Metternich Austria

Congress System, Foreign Affairs Minister

Period: Apr 17, 1830 to Apr 18, 1848

Louis Philippe France

Citizen King

Period: Apr 17, 1837 to Apr 18, 1901

Victoria England

Period: Apr 17, 1848 to Apr 18, 1916

Franz Josef I Austria

Period: Apr 17, 1848 to Apr 18, 1870

Louis Napoleon, Napoleon III France

Second Republic 1848-1852
Second Empire 1852-1870

Period: Apr 17, 1855 to Apr 18, 1881

Alexander II Russia

Reformer

Period: Apr 17, 1861 to Apr 18, 1888

Wilhelm I Prussia

Kaiser of the Second Reich

Period: Apr 17, 1862 to Apr 18, 1890

Otto von Bismarck

Chancellor

Period: Apr 17, 1888 to Apr 18, 1918

Wilhelm II Prussia

Period: Apr 17, 1894 to Apr 18, 1917

Nicholas II Russia

Period: Apr 17, 1952 to Apr 18, 2017