Kaiser Wilhelm II - 743 Words
Wilhelm II, King of Prussia and German Kaiser, born 27 January 1859 in Berlin, died 5 June 1941 at Doorn in The Netherlands. Married Augusta Viktoria (1858-1921), Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein, in 1881; 7 children (6 sons; one daughter); married (second) the widow, Hermine, Princess of Reuss, (1886-1947), in 1922.
The eldest grandchild of Queen Victoria, Wilhelm symbolized his era and the nouveaux riche aspects of the German empire. The kaiser suffered from a birth defect that left his left...
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