Kaiser
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Kaiser is a German title that means “emperor”, and derives from the Roman word for “Caesar”. Charlemange is considered to be the first German Kaiser. The last Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, was Francis II, Archduke of Austria, abdicated from this title under pressure from Napoleon in 1806, but had crowned himself Emperor of Austria in 1804. In the second German Empire, founded in 1871, had three Kaisers,the last one being Kaiser Whilhelm II. The last Austria Emperor was Karl I, who was beatification by the Roman Catholic Church in 2004.