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==Grand admirals in individual navies==
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The Austrian grand admirals were all members of the Imperial family, except for {{lang|de|[[Anton Haus]]|italic=no}}, the commander of the [[Austro-Hungarian navy]] for part of World War I:▼
In Sweden the rank of grand admiral was only ever awarded twice. Once to [[Charles XIII|Prince Charles (XIII)]], whom was given the title at birth and which was used by him as the commander of the [[Swedish Navy|Swedish Royal Navy]] and once to [[Oscar I of Sweden|Crown prince Oscar (I)]] as a courtesy title to honour his adoptive grandfather, the late king Charles XIII.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1918 |title=127-128 (Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 27. Stockholm-Nynäs järnväg - Syrsor) |url=http://runeberg.org/nfcg/0088.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=runeberg.org |language=sv}}</ref>▼
* 1911: [[Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria]] (1860–1933)▼
* 12 May 1916: {{lang|de|Anton Haus|italic=no}} (1851–1917)▼
* 9 October 1916: [[Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)|Prince Henry of Prussia]] (1862–1929)▼
* 1 November 1916: [[Charles I of Austria|Kaiser Charles I of Austria]] (1887–1922)▼
* 22 February 1917: [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany]] (1859–1941)▼
===France===
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* {{lang|de|[[Erich Raeder]]|italic=no}}, then-Commander-in-Chief of the {{lang|de|Kriegsmarine}}, was made a grand admiral on 1 April 1939.
* {{lang|de|[[Karl Dönitz]]|italic=no}}, commander of the U-boat fleet, was made a grand admiral on 30 January 1943 upon succeeding Raeder as Commander-in-Chief.
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▲The Austrian grand admirals were all members of the Imperial family, except for {{lang|de|[[Anton Haus]]|italic=no}}, the commander of the [[Austro-Hungarian navy]] for part of World War I:
▲* 1911: [[Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria]] (1860–1933)
▲* 12 May 1916: {{lang|de|Anton Haus|italic=no}} (1851–1917)
▲* 9 October 1916: [[Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)|Prince Henry of Prussia]] (1862–1929)
▲* 1 November 1916: [[Charles I of Austria|Kaiser Charles I of Austria]] (1887–1922)
▲* 22 February 1917: [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany]] (1859–1941)
===Italy===
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===Peru===
In 1967 the rank of Grand Admiral of Peru ({{lang-es|Gran Almirante del Perú}}) was awarded posthumously to [[Miguel Grau Seminario]] and is equivalent to the army rank of [[Grand Marshal of Peru]].
=== Sweden ===
▲In Sweden the rank of grand admiral was only ever awarded twice. Once to [[Charles XIII|Prince Charles (XIII)]], whom was given the title at birth and which was used by him as the commander of the [[Swedish Navy|Swedish Royal Navy]] and once to [[Oscar I of Sweden|Crown prince Oscar (I)]] as a courtesy title to honour his adoptive grandfather, the late king Charles XIII.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1918 |title=127-128 (Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 27. Stockholm-Nynäs järnväg - Syrsor) |url=http://runeberg.org/nfcg/0088.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=runeberg.org |language=sv}}</ref>
=== Turkey ===
==In fiction==
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