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| 0711 | Abdication
Roderic |  |
| | Overthrown by Omayyads |
| 0830 | Abdication
Louis I the Pious | |
| | Deposed by his sons, 1st time |
| | Deposed by his sons, 2nd time |
| 0855 | Abdication
Lothair I | |
| | Divides his Kingdom amongst his 3 sons & abdicates |
| 0963 | Abdication
Otto I the Great | |
| | Deposed by Pope John XII |
| 1070 | Abdication
Otto von Nordheim | |
| | Deprived of the Duchy of Bavaria |
| 1084 | Abdication
Henry IV | |
| | Deposes Pope Gregory VII |
| | Dethroned by his younger son Henry |
| 1215 | Abdication
Otto IV | |
| | Forced by Innocent III to retire to his estates in Brunswick |
| 1245 | Abdication
Conrad IV | |
| | Pope Innocent IV declares Conrad IV deposed |
| 1298 | Abdication
Adolf of Nassa | |
| | Deposed by the Electors |
| 1556 | Abdication
Ferdinand I | |
| | Ferdinand I becomes Emperor & rules over Austria, Hungary & Bohemia |
| 1611 | Abdication
Mathias | |
| | Matthias deposes his brother Rudolf from the Bohemian throne |
| 1806 | Abdication
Francis II | |
| | Abdicates as Holy Roman Emperor |
| 1848 | Abdication
Louis I | |
| | Abdicates in favour of his son Maximilian II at the outbreak of revolution |
| 1848 | Abdication
Ludwig I | |
| | Abdicates after an involvement with the dancer Lola Montez who dictated his policies |
| 1862 | Abdication
Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Sep 21st | Persuades William not to abdicate & ends the Constitutional Crisis |
| Sep 21st | Promises to manage Parliament & put through reforms in defiance of Parliament |
| 1913 | Abdication
Otto | |
| | Deposed & succeeded by Louis III |
| 1918 | Abdication
Groener, Karl Eduard Wilhelm | |
| | With Hindenburg, helps bring about the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| 1918 | Abdication
Louis III | |
| | The last of the Wittelsbachs is deposed |
| | Abdicates during the revolution, last Wittlesbach King |
| 1918 | Abdication
Ludwig III | |
| | Abdicates when a new Bavarian Republic is formed |
| 1918 | Abdication
Groener, Karl Eduard Wilhelm | |
| Nov | Groener advises Kaiser Wilhelm II that he had lost the confidence of the armed forces and recommends abdication to the monarch |
| 1918 | Abdication
Ludwig III | |
| Nov 7th | The revolution reaches Munich, causing King Ludwig III of Bavaria to flee |
| 1918 | Abdication
Wilhelm II | |
| Nov 7th | "Majority Social Democrats" (MSPD, who support a parliamentary system) put themselves at the front of the revolutionary movement & demand that Emperor Wilhelm II abdicate |
| Nov 7th | Wilhelm II refuses to abdicate, Prince Max of Baden simply announces that he had done so and frantically attempts to establish a regency under another member of the House of Hohenzollern |
| 1918 | Abdication
Baden, Max von | |
| Nov 8th | Helps persuade the Kaiser to abdicate |
| Nov 9th | Announces the abdication of Wilhelm II during the armistice |
| Nov 9th | Announces the Kaiser has abdicated |
| 1918 | Abdication
Maximilian of Baden | |
| Nov 9th | Maximilian announces the abdication without the Kaiser's consent |
| Nov 9th | Maximilian, realizing that the Kaiser would not be able to retain his throne, urges him to abdicate in time to save the monarchy itself, but the Kaiser refuses to agree |
| Nov 9th | The Kaiser abdicates |
| Nov 9th | Wilhelm II refuses to abdicate, Prince Max of Baden simply announces that he had done so and frantically attempts to establish a regency under another member of the House of Hohenzollern |
| 1918 | Abdication
Wilhelm II | |
| Nov 28th | The Commander of the Imperial army, Hindenburg, orders the Kaiser to abdicate |
