Eastern Europe Absolute Monarch

Hohenzollern

Period: 1417 to 1740

HRE Habsburg Austria

Period: 1440 to 1806

Ivan III(Russia)

Period: 1462 to 1505

Vasily III(Russia)

Period: 1505 to 1533

Charles V(Austria)

Period: Jan 12, 1519 to Apr 28, 1521

also HRE and Spain

Dukes of Prussia

Period: 1525 to 1701

Ivan IV(Russia)

Period: 1533 to 1584

Also known as Ivan the Terrible

Rurik Dynasty

Period: 1547 to 1598

Theodore I(Russia)

Period: 1584 to 1598

Boris Godunov(Russia)

Period: 1598 to 1605

Theodore II(Russia)

Period: 1605 to 1605

Demetrius I(Russia)

Period: 1605 to 1606

Basil IV Shuiski(Russia)

Period: 1606 to 1610

Times of Trouble

Period: 1610 to 1613

House of Vasa

Period: 1610 to 1613

Michael Romanov(Russia)

Period: 1613 to 1613

Romanov Dynasty

Period: 1613 to 1696

Ferdinand II(Austria)

Period: Oct 9, 1619 to Feb 15, 1637

Austria

Frederick William (Prussia)

Period: 1640 to 1688

"Soldier King"

Alexis I(Russia)

Period: 1645 to 1676

Leopold I(Austria)

Period: 1657 to 1705

Theodore III(Russia)

Period: 1676 to 1682

Ivan V(Russia)

Period: 1682 to 1689

Peter I the Great(Russia)

Period: 1682 to 1725

Frederick I(Prussia)

Period: 1688 to 1713

Peter's War

Period: 1700 to 1721

Charles VI(Austria)

Period: 1711 to 1740

HRE who also ruled over Austria.

Frederick William I(Prussia)

Period: 1713 to 1740

Catherine I(Russia)

Period: 1725 to 1727

Peter II(Russia)

Period: 1727 to 1730

Anna(Russia)

Period: 1730 to 1740

Frederick II the Great(Prussia)

Period: 1740 to 1786

Frederick II

Ivan VI(Russia)

Period: 1740 to 1741

Maria Theresa(Austria)

Period: Oct 20, 1740 to Nov 29, 1780

Elizabeth(Russia)

Period: 1741 to 1762

Catherine II(Russia)

Period: 1762 to 1796

Catherine the Great or Catherine II

Peter III(Russia)

Period: 1762 to 1762

Joseph II(Austria)

Period: Aug 18, 1765 to Feb 20, 1790