Born during the reign of his granduncle Frederick William IV of Prussia, Wilhelm was the son of Prince Frederick William and Victoria, Princess Royal. Through his mother, he was the eldest of the 42 …

Apr 14, 2010 · Wilhelm II (1859-1941), the German kaiser (emperor) and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, was one of the most recognizable public figures of World War I (1914-18).

Apr 3, 2014 · Born in Germany in 1859, to Germany's Frederick III and Victoria, Queen Victoria of England's eldest daughter, Kaiser Wilhelm served as emperor of Germany from 1888 until the end of …

Apr 23, 2024 · German cognate of William. This was the name of two German emperors. It was also the middle name of several philosophers from Germany: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), …

Jan 15, 2026 · Kaiser Wilhelm II, legally known as Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern, is the third German Emperor, 9th King of Prussia, and head of the House of Hohenzollern.

Wilhelm II ruled Germany during one of the most violent and dramatic periods in modern European history. His reign began with great expectations in 1888, but ended in humiliation and exile in 1918.

Wilhelm II ; Prince Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia (January 27, 1859 – June 4, 1941) was the third and last German Emperor and the ninth and last King of Prussia (German: Deutscher Kaiser …

Wikipedia began as an impossible dream. Today, we celebrate 25 years of humanity at its best. Join us. For the similar Dutch name, see Wilhelmus (disambiguation). For other uses, see Wilhelm. Wilhelm …

During the reign of his grandson Wilhelm II, he was known as Emperor Wilhelm the Great (German: Kaiser Wilhelm der Große). The second son of Prince Frederick William and Louise of Mecklenburg …

Foreign policy was founded on Kaiser Wilhelm's support for both his Government's colonialist ambitions and their efforts to establish Germany as a world power (Weltmacht).