The German monarchs pay homage to Franz Joseph I for his Diamond Jubilee, 7 May 1908 at Schönbrunn Palace.
| European Heads of State | Rulers Within the German Empire |
| 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 | Prince Nikola | 7 October | 1841 | 13 August | 1860 |
| Greece | King George I | 24 December | 1845 | 27 June | 1863 |
| Belgium | King Leopold II | 9 April | 1835 | 17 December | 1865 |
| Romania | King Carol I | 20 April | 1839 | 20 April | 1866 |
| Ottoman Empire | Sultan Abdul Hamid II | 22 September | 1842 | 31 August | 1876 |
| Spain | King Alfonso XIII | 17 May | 1886 | 17 May | 1886 |
| Bulgaria | Prince 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 |
| United Kingdom | King Edward VII | 9 November | 1841 | 22 January | 1901 |
| Serbia | King Peter I | 29 June | 1844 | 15 June | 1903 |
| Luxembourg | Grand Duke Guillaume IV | 22 April | 1852 | 17 November | 1905 |
| Norway | King Haakon VII | 3 Aug | 1872 | 18 November | 1905 |
| Denmark | King Frederik VIII | 3 June | 1843 | 29 January | 1906 |
| France | President Armand Fallières | 6 November | 1841 | 18 February | 1906 |
| Sweden | King Gustaf V | 16 June | 1858 | 8 December | 1907 |
| Portugal | King Manuel II | 15 November | 1889 | 1 February | 1908 |
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| State | Ruler | Born | Acceded |
| Saxe-Meiningen | Duke Georg II | 2 Apr | 1826 | 20 Sep | 1866 |
| Reuss (Junior Line) | Prince Heinrich XIV | 28 May | 1832 | 11 Jul | 1867 |
| Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Prince Karl Günther | 7 Aug | 1830 | 17 Jul | 1880 |
| Bavaria | King Otto I | 27 Apr | 1848 | 13 Jun | 1886 |
| Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Prince Günther Victor | 21 Aug | 1852 | 19 Jan | 1890 |
| Württemberg | King Wilhelm II | 25 Feb | 1848 | 6 Oct | 1891 |
| Hesse | Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig | 25 Nov | 1868 | 13 Mar | 1892 |
| Schaumburg-Lippe | Prince Georg | 10 Oct | 1846 | 8 May | 1893 |
| 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 |
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King Leopold II of Belgium, King Alfonso XIII of Spain, President Emile Loubet of France, King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, King Carlos I of Portugal, King Christian IX of Denmark.
Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary, King Oscar II of Sweden & Norway, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, King Victor Emanuel III of Italy, Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany.
Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, King George I of Greece, King Peter I of Serbia, King Carol I of Romania, Prince Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Prince Nicholas I of Montenegro.