European Heads of State, August 1909

CountryHead of StateBornAcceded
Austria-Hungary Emperor Franz Joseph I 18 August 1830 2 December 1848
LiechtensteinPrince Johann II5 October184012 November1858
Montenegro Prince Nikola 7 October 1841 13 August 1860
Greece King George I 24 December 1845 27 June 1863
Belgium King Leopold II9 April 183517 December 1865
Rumania King Carol I 20 April 1839 20 April 1866
Spain King Alfonso XIII 17 May 188617 May 1886
Bulgaria King Ferdinand I 26 February 1861 7 July 1887
German Empire Emperor Wilhelm II 27 January 1859 15 June 1888
MonacoPrince Albert13 November184810 September1889
NetherlandsQueen Wilhelmina31 August188023 November1890
Russia Emperor Nicholas II 18 May 1868 1 November 1894
Italy King Victor Emanuel III11 November 186929 July1900
Great Britain & Ireland King Edward VII9 November184122 January1901
ServiaKing Peter I 29 June 184415 June1903
Luxemburg Grand Duke Guillaume IV 22 April 1852 17 November 1905
Norway King Haakon VII3 Aug 1872 18 November 1905
Denmark King Frederik VIII 3 June 1843 29 January 1906
FrancePresident Armand Fallières6 November184118 February1906
Sweden King Gustaf V 16 June 1858 8 December 1907
Portugal King Manuel II15 November18891 February1908
Ottoman EmpireSultan Mehmed V2 November184427 April1909


Barton Manor, 4 August 1909: (Back row) Prince Edward of Wales; Queen Alexandra; Princess Mary; Princess Victoria; Grand Duchess Olga and Grand Duchess Tatiana.
(Front row) the Princess of Wales (Mary); the Tsar (Nicholas II); King Edward VII; the Tsaritsa (Alexandra); the Prince of Wales (George); Grand Duchess Maria.
(On the ground) the Tsarevitch Alexei and Grand Duchess Anastasia.

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.

King Chulalongkorn of Siam, King George I of Greece, King Peter I of Serbia, King Carol I of Romania.
Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary, King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, King Victor Emanuel III of Italy.
Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, Emperor William II of Germany.
King Gustaf V of Sweden, King Haakon VII of Norway, King Frederik VIII of Denmark, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
Emperor Guangxu of China, Emperor Mutsuhito of Japan, King Manuel II of Portugal, King Alfonso XIII of Spain.



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