Ruler · 1891 – 1980

Karl Dönitz

Lived 1891 – 1980; politician, military officer. President of Germany of Nazi Germany, 1945; also in the line of German Reich.

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Lived: 1891 – 1980; 89 years
Lines: 2; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Germany

Nazi Germany · the 6th of 6 dated reigns · 1925 – 1945

2 before

Franz von Papen1932

Adolf Hitler1934 – 1945

Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk1945

Karl Dönitz1945

died in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1945 · under a year · came to it aged 54

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1945; they died in 1980

Also in the line of German Reich (9th of 9).

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