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Kaiser Wilhelm II 1859-1941
William II (German: Wilhelm II) 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.
Wilhelm's mother was
Victoria Jr.
Mother Victoria was the daughter of
Queen Victoria.
And as the name Victoria gave Wilhelm
a general feeling of comfort and warmth, it was
Princess Augusta Victoria whom
he married in
1881.
They had seven children.
Wilhelm's Reign
William became
Kaiser Wilhelm II 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
On November 9, 1918, Wilhelm was told to pack his
suitcase, which he did the very next day. The Kaiser left throne and Germany behind, and lived in the
Netherlands until his death.
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