Kaiser

Kaiser (< German Kaiser < Old High German Keisar < Gothic *Kaisar < Latin Caesar ['Caesar, emperor'])^? is the German title that means emperor. Its female equivalent (empress) is Kaiserin.

Usually, when talking about the Kaiser in other languages, it usually refers to one of the following:

• Emperor of Germany (Deutscher Kaiser);
• Austrian Emperor (Kaiser von Österreich);
• Emperor of the Holy Germanic Roman Empire (Römisch-deutscher Kaiser).

However, in German, the word Kaiser serves in a generic sense for any emperor. For example, to designate the emperor of China, the expression Chinesischer Kaiser or Kaiser von China is used.

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  William II, last German emperor.

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  Charles I, the last emperor of Austria and king of Hungary (the last monarch of the Austro-Hungarian Empire).

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  Francis II, the last emperor of the Holy Roman German Empire.