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Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1859 - 1941
KAISER WILHELM II
1859 - 1941

 

Will was the last German Emperor and the King of Prussia.

His mother called him Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert.


Wilhelm's Family

Wilhelm's father was Frederick III.

Victoria was Wilhelm's mother. Victoria was the daughter of Queen Victoria.

Princess Augusta Victoria was the girl Wilhelm married in 1881. They had seven children.

Wilhelm II became Kaiser in the year 1888. He gave Otto von Bismarck the boot which might or might not have been a good idea.
 


WINSTON CHURCHILL AND KAISER WILHELM IN 1909
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On November 9, 1918, Wilhelm was told to pack his suitcase, which he did the next day, left throne and Germany behind, and lived in the Netherlands until his death.  

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