===== Rulers (Decades of Darkness) =====

This article is about the rulers of important countries in the [[timelines:Decades of Darkness]] timeline. For the elected heads of state/government of the *USA, New England and Germany, see [[Elections (Decades of Darkness)]].

==== Rulers of Great Britain and the Empire ====
  * Edward VII (1837-81)
  * Richard IV (1881-1932)
  * Edward VIII (1932)

End of the monarchy in Great Britain, Edward VIII goes to exile in Jamaica

=== Rulers of Canada ===
  * James I (1845-1905)
  * George I (1905-08)
  * James II (1908-?)

=== Rulers of Ireland ===
  * Charles I (1862-?)
  * ? 
  * Brigid I (1934-present)

=== Rulers of Australia ===
  * George I (1882-1909+)
  * ?
  * Alexander I (1942-present)

=== Rulers of South Africa ===
  * Jonathan I (1901-?)

=== Rulers of Ceylon ===
  * Edward I of Ceylon? (1920-48?)
  * Jeremy I (1948-present)


==== Rulers of Austria ====
  * Ferdinand I (1835-50)
  * Franz Josef I (1850-97; abdicated)
  * Frederick IV (1897-1929)
  * Franz Josef II (1929-43; assassinated)
  * Leopold VIII (1943-present)

==== Rulers of Prussia ====
  * Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1840-?)
  * Wilhelm I (18?-?)
  * Friedrich III (18?-?)
  * Karl I (19?)

==== Rulers of the Netherlands ====
  * Willem III (1849-69+)
  * Willem IV (18?-19?)
  * Willem V (19?-32)
  * Willem VI (1932-present?)


==== Rulers of Russia ====
  * Nicholas I (1825-78)
  * Peter IV (1878-1906; abdicated)
  * Alexander II (1906-1961)
  * Michael II (1961-)

==== Rulers of France ====
  * Louis XVIII (1814-1824)
  * Charles X (1824-1834)
  * Louis Philippe (1834-49)
  * Second Republic (1849-53)
  * Napoleon III (1853/54-76)
  * Napoleon IV (1876-85)
  * Third Republic (1885-1909)
  * Fourth Republic (1909-32)

France dissolved by Germany

==== Rulers of Italy ====
  * Victor Emmanuel II (1859/64-?)
  * Umberto II (?-1924)
  * Victor Emmanuel III (1924-?)

==== Rulers of Switzerland ====
  * Frederick Augustus I (1815-36)
  * Frederick Augustus II (1836-49)
  * Civil War (1849-51)
  * Johan I (1851-59)

Switzerland falls apart, is replaced by several smaller nations

==== Rulers of Greece ====
  * ?

==== Rulers of Spain / Castille ====
  * ?
  * Isabella II (18?-63)
  * Civil War (1863-72)
  * Felipe VI (1872-85)
  * ? (1885-)

==== Rulers of Portugal ====
  * Pedro IV (1826-37)
  * Miguel I (1837-?)
  * ?

==== Rulers of Aragon ====
  * Carlos I (1872-83)
  * Part of France / Spain
  * Carlos I (1885-?)


==== Rulers of Mexico ====
  * Agustin de Iturbide (1822-34)
  * Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (1835-52)
  * Benito Juarez (1853-?)
  * Ignacio Salanueva (18?-?)
  * ? Salas (18?-?)
  * Porfirio Diaz (18?-82)

==== Rulers of Brazil ====
  * Pedro II (18-84)
  * Maria (1884-1906/11)
  * Brazilian Civil War (1906-10)
  * Republic

==== Rulers of China ====
  * ?
  * Hong Xiuquan (1864-1889?)
  * Warlord Era (1889-1934?)
  * Chen Jiongming (1934-?)