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Wilhelm II [b] (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire and the House of Hohenzollern 's 300-year reign in Prussia and 500-year reign in Brandenburg . Born during the reign of his granduncle ...
Wilhelm was born on 27 January 1859 in Berlin, the eldest child of Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia and Victoria, daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. A difficult birth left Wilhelm ...
- Boyhood Attitude
- Bismarck and The Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Change
- Wilhelm's Behavior
- Queen Victoria
- Alexandra
- Policies
- Significance
- Sources
One would have thought that with an English mother that Wilhelm would have developed a fondness for England. As a boy he indeed was very close to his mother and made constant visits to England with her. Ther private comminications were odten quite touching even during Wilhelm's teen years. His mother's private letters to Queen Victoria, however, sh...
Prince Otto von Bismarckwas, more than any other single indiviadual, responsible for the unification of Germany. Both Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm I considered Prince Wilhelm's English mother a dangerous foreign influence. It was her liberal view toward democratic governent that they most disliked. Russia and France were seen as the principal milita...
As a young man Wilhelm's attitude toward his mother changed markedly. His parents spoke frankly to him about his arrogance and limited understanding of imprtant issues. They objected to his whole hearted acceptance of Bismarck's blood and iron dictum. Wilhelm as a young man began to suround himself with synophants that would flatter and agree with ...
As a result, he began seeing his English mother as poisoning his realtionship with his father. He started refeering tn his family and younger sisters as the English colony. and with it his attitudes toward his English relatives, including Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales. Some of his remarks were extremely crude. He reffered to his grandmothe...
Queen Victoria was Kaiser Wilhelm's grandmother. Wilhelm began causing problems at an early age when his mother would bring him along on her visits to Queen Victorisa. After he became kaiser his behavior worsened and Queen Victoria decided she wanted nothing to do with him. Despite this, Wilhelm was known to describe himself as Victoria’s favorite ...
The Kaiser's boorish behavior only gradually affected their persional attitude toward him. Here not only good manners within the family, but the needs of national diplomacy caused them to ignore the Kaiser's crude remarls and behavior. There was one member of the family who not only despised Kaiser Wilhelm II, but Germans in general and that was th...
While Bismarck had no love of the English, especially their liberal democracy, it was Russia and France that he saw as a military threat. His policies wre to court the Russians and isolate the French. If he could not have Engkland as an ally, at least he hoped for English neutraily on the continent. Wilhelm who was especially interested in foreign ...
More is involved here than a family squable. Wilhelm's private comments about his family were bad enough, but his belicose sable rattling when diplomatic incidents occured and drive to build a navy which could threaten Britain help to create an enemy where one had not before existed. Slowly England attitudes changed from viewing Prussia/Germany as ...
Kohut, Thomas A. Kaiser Wilhelm II and his parents, in John C. G. Röhl and Nicolaus Sombart (eds). Kaiser Wilhelm II. New Interpretations. The Corfu Papers (Cambridge, 1982). Morier, Sir Robert. Memoirs and Letters, (Edward Arnold, 1911), 2 volumes. Röhl, John C.G. Young Wilhelm : the Kaiser's early life, 1859-1888, translated by Jeremy Gaines and ...
Hohenzollern, Friedrich ''Wilhelm'' Viktor Albert. German Emperor, King of Prussia, Supreme War Lord. Born 27 January 1859 in Berlin, Germany. Died 04 June 1941 in Huis Doorn, The Netherlands. Kaiser Wilhelm II’s ambitious policies played a major part in bringing about the First World War, yet with the onset of hostilities he was sidelined by ...
Changed Europe Forever. The reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II as King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany from 1888 to 1918 saw the meteoric rise of Germany as an economic and military power. It also saw the fragmentation of Europe into opposing camps of mutually-mistrusting alliances, a world war ending in Germany’s humiliating defeat and the ...
German royalty -- Wilhelm II's character. German Royalty: Wilhelm's Character. Figure 1.--. Wilhelm was a great dissapointment to both his parents. Wilhelm was torn between his liberal parents n one side and his conservative grandfather and Chancellor Bismarck on the other. Hinzpeter's tutoring did not have the effect that his parents had desired.
Apr 14, 2010 · Wilhelm II (1859-1941) was the last German kaiser (emperor) and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, and one of the most recognizable public figures of World War I (1914-18). He gained a reputation ...
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