Wilhelm II Hohenzollern, Kaiser

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Birth Date:
27.01.1859
Death date:
04.06.1941
Length of life:
82
Days since birth:
60328
Years since birth:
165
Days since death:
30249
Years since death:
82
Extra names:
Vilhelms II Hohencollerns, Frīdrihs Vilhelms Alberts Viktors no Prūsijas, Friedrich Wilhelm Albert Viktor von Preußen;, Wilhelm II Hohenzollern
Categories:
Aristocrat, Freemason, King, ruler, Military person, Nobleman, landlord, Politician, WWI participant
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Wilhelm II or William II  was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and theKingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. He was the eldest grandson of the British Queen Victoria and related to many monarchs and princes of Europe.

Crowned in 1888, he dismissed the Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, in 1890 and launched Germany on a bellicose "New Course" in foreign affairs that culminated in his support for Austria-Hungary in the crisis of July 1914 that led in a matter of days to the First World War. Bombastic and impetuous, he sometimes made tactless pronouncements on sensitive topics without consulting his ministers, culminating in a disastrous Daily Telegraph interview that cost him most of his power in 1908.

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His top generals, Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff, dictated policy during the First World War with little regard for the civilian government. An ineffective war leader, he lost the support of the army, abdicated in November 1918, and fled to exile in the Netherlands.

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        Relations

        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Wilhelm  PreußenWilhelm PreußenSon06.05.188220.07.1951
        2Cecilie  Mecklenburg Schwerin, DuchessCecilie Mecklenburg Schwerin, DuchessDaughter in-law20.09.188606.05.1954
        3Prince Albert VictorPrince Albert VictorCousin08.01.186414.01.1892
        4Maud of WalesMaud of WalesCousin26.11.186920.11.1938
        5Princess Victoria of the  United KingdomPrincess Victoria of the United KingdomCousin06.07.186803.12.1935
        6Mikhail Aleksandrovich RomanovMikhail Aleksandrovich RomanovCousin04.12.187813.06.1918
        7Ольга  РомановаОльга РомановаCousin13.06.188224.11.1960
        8Великая княгиня Ксения АлександровнаВеликая княгиня Ксения АлександровнаCousin06.04.187520.04.1960
        9Nikolajs II RomanovsNikolajs II RomanovsCousin19.05.186817.07.1918
        10George  VGeorge VCousin03.06.186520.01.1936
        11Elizabete VudvilaElizabete VudvilaDistant relative00.00.143708.06.1492

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