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| Wilhelm II | |||||
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 Wilhelm II in 1902 | |||||
| German Emperor; Keeng o Proushie | |||||
| Ring | 15 Juin 1888 – 9 November 1918 | ||||
| Predecessor | Frederick III | ||||
| Successor | Monarchy abolished Friedrich Ebert, Preses o Germany | ||||
| Born | 27 Januar 1859 Croun Prince's Pailace, Berlin, Proushie | ||||
| Dee'd | 4 Juin 1941 (aged 82) Doorn, Netherlands | ||||
| Buirial | Mausoleum at Huis Doorn | ||||
| Spouse | 1. Augusta Victoria o Schleswig-Holstein, 1881–1921 (her daith) 2. Hermine Reuss o Greiz, 1922–1941 (his daith) | ||||
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| Hoose | Hoose o Hohenzollern | ||||
| Faither | Frederick III, German Emperor | ||||
| Mither | Victoria, Princess Ryal | ||||
| Releegion | Evangelical Christian Kirk | ||||
| Seegnatur |  | ||||
Wilhelm II or William II (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Preußen; Frederick William Victor Albert o Proushie; 27 Januar 1859 – 4 Juin 1941) wis the last German Emperor (Kaiser) an Keeng o Proushie, rulin the German Empire an the Kinrick o Proushie frae 15 Juin 1888 tae 9 November 1918. He wis the eldest grandchild o Queen Victoria o the Unitit Kinrick an relatit tae mony monarchs an princes o Europe, maist notably King George V o the Unitit Kinrick an Emperor Nicholas II o Roushie.
Accedin tae the throne in 1888, he dismissed the Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, in 1890. He an aw launched Germany on a bellicose "New Coorse" in furrin affairs that culminatit in his support for Austrick-Hungary in the creesis o Julie 1914 that led in a maiter o days tae the First Warld War. Bombastic an impetuous, he whiles made tactless pronooncements on sensitive topics withoot consultin his meenisters, culminatin in a disastrous Daily Telegraph interview in 1908 that cost him maist o his influence.[1] His leadin generals, Paul von Hindenburg an Erich Ludendorff, dictatit policy in the First Warld War wi little regaird for the ceevilian govrenment. An ineffective war-time leader, he lost the support o the airmy, abdicatit in November 1918, an fled tae exile in the Netherlands whaur he wid bade till he dee'd in Juin 1941.
- ↑ Cecil 1996, vol. 2, pp. 138–41.