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  Wilhelm II of Germany
Wilhelm II of Prussia and Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Hohenzollern (January 27, 1859 - June 5, 1941) was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and the last King (König) of Prussia from 1888 - 1918.
Wilhelm was educated at Kassel Gymnasium and the University of Bonn.
On the death of Wilhelm I on March 9, 1888, his father was crowned Emperor as Friedrich III, but he was dying of throat cancer and in June that same year Wilhelm II succeeded him as Emperor.
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 Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany and Prussia (6 May 1882 - 20 July 1916), Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor August Ernst Kronprinz von Preussen, was born 6 May 1882 at Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Germany.
He was the son of Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941) and his first wife Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Augustenburg (1858-1921), which made him the eldest child of the eldest child of the eldest child of Queen Victoria.
He was the last crown prince of Prussia and the German Empire.
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 First World War.com - Who's Who - Crown Prince Wilhelm
Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-1951) was born in Potsdam on 6 May 1882, the eldest of Kaiser Wilhelm II's five sons.
Wilhelm was promoted later that year, in September 1916, to become head of the newly-created 'Army Group Crown Prince', which comprised the three armies occupying the central section of the German line.
Both Wilhelm II and the Crown Prince were signatories of the the formal abdication document.
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 The Kaiser's Heir: Prince Louis-Ferdinand of Prussia (1907-1994)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Kaiser's Heir: Prince Louis-Ferdinand of Prussia (1907-1994)
Prince Louis-Ferdinand of Prussia was the son of Crown Prince Friedrich-Wilhelm and Duchess Cecilia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, daughter of Grand Duke Friedrich-Franz III and Grand Duchess Anastasia, née Grand Duchess Anastasia Michaelovna of Russia.
Since Kaiser Wilhelm II died in 1941, the head of the Prussian imperial family was Crown Prince Friedrich-Wilhelm, but since he had flirted with the Nazis in the 1930's, conspirators ignored him and centered on Louis-Ferdinand to serve as Hitler's successor.
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 Wilhelm II of Germany - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Wilhelm was educated at Kassel at the Friedrichsgymnasium and the University of Bonn.
Wilhelm also took a certain interest in the science and technology of the age, but though he liked to pose, in conversation, as a man of the world, he remained convinced that he belonged to a distinct order of mankind, designated for monarchy by the grace of God.
On the death of Wilhelm I on March 9 1888, his father was crowned Emperor as Friedrich III but he was dying of throat cancer, and on 15th June of that same year Wilhelm II succeeded him as German Emperor and King of Prussia.
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 GERMANY - LoveToKnow Article on GERMANY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Climala.The climate of Germany is to be regarded as intermediate between the oceanic and continental climates of western and eastern Europe respectively.
While the average summer warmth of Germany is 60 to 62, the January temperature falls as low as 26 to 28 in West Prussia, Posen and Silesia, and 22 to 26 in East Prussia and upper Silesia.
In South Germany the Ludwigs canal was, until the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine, the n.nly one of importance.
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 Hohenzollern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The House of Hohenzollern is a German dynasty of electors, kings, and emperors of Prussia, Germany, and Romania.
Another branch of the Hohenzollerns, actually the dynastically senior line, the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringens, were also important landowners in pre-German-Empire Germany, and later were the princes (1866–1881) and kings (1881–1947) of Romania.
French opposition to their candidacy for the throne of Spain led to the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) and the founding (January 1871) of the German Empire.
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 Kaiser
As Wilhelm began to grow to manhood, his grandfather, the German Emperor Wilhelm I, decided to put him appart from his mother liberal influence and that he should begin the military aspect of his preparation for the throne, so Wilhelm was assigned as a liutenant to the First Regiment of Foot Guards.
Wilhelm was an ambitious, insecure and troublesome man. Hew didn't keep mournig for bhis father assiting to continuos ceremonies and traveling to all parts of Germany and abroad, fact which infuriated his grandmother, Queen Victoria.
Wilhelm supported the opinions of his Chief of the Army, General Alfred von Waldersee and of Baron von Holstein, that Russia was a potencial menace for German security.
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 Wikinfo | Wilhelm II of Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Wilhelm II of Prussia and Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Hohenzollern (January 27, 1859 - June 4, 1941) was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and the last King (König) of Prussia from 1888 - 1918.
He was followed by Prince Bernhard von Bülow in 1900 and Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg in 1909.
His heir was Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (1882-1951).
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 Germany's Last Kaiser - Wilhelm II and political decision-making in Imperial Germany
The Prince, named Wilhelm, like his grandfather who was King of Prussia and would become German Emperor in 1871, was to rule Germany for 30 years, from 1888 until his abdication and flight to the Netherlands in November 1918.
After the war, the victorious allies were in no doubt that Wilhelm II was personally responsible for the coming of war in 1914, and they included him on their list of war criminals wanted in connection with the atrocities of the war and the suffering that it had brought to millions of soldiers and civilians.
Wilhelm, having fled Germany in November 1918, had been given refuge in the Netherlands and was able to stay there despite the allies' request of extradition.
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 First World War.com - Primary Documents - Crown Prince Wilhelm on the Prospect of War, 1913
In the extract Wilhelm - the son of Kaiser Wilhelm II and heir to the throne - enthused about the prospect of war in Europe, arguing that peace was un-advantageous to Germany.
Today, indeed, we live in a time which points with special satisfaction to the proud height of its culture, which is only too willing to boast of its international cosmopolitanism, and flatters itself with visionary dreams of the possibility of an everlasting peace throughout the world.
Germany has behind her since the last great war a period of economic prosperity, which has in it something almost disconcerting.
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 Dynamics of doctrine: the change in German tactical doctrine during the first world war
Crown Prince Wilhelm's reaction to the defensive doctrine conveyed this feeling of ownership, for in the new doctrine he recognized ideas that had been forwarded to OHL from his army group, which "was the cause of great satisfaction to my Chief of Staff and myself."
Crown Prince Wilhelm wrote that the elastic defense-in-depth needed well-disciplined, well-trained, and well-led troops which were becoming more difficult to find because of the strain of war.
Germany was bearing the burden of the effort for the Central Powers, and the length of the struggle and the economic stagnation were seriously affecting German morale at home and in the army.
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 Worldroots.com
Crown-Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1882-1951) with spouse Cecilie and daughters Alexandrine and Cecilie abt 1932
The 4 sons of Crownprince Wilhelm of Prussia
Crown-Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1882-1951) with a Dutch Woman
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 German royalty--Wilhelm II childhood aquaintences
Crown Prince Rudolf was the only son of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth, one of Europe's most beautiful princesses.
Wilhelm who was almost the same age as Rudolf met him on a trip with his parents to Vienna.
While Prince Wilhelm was at University in Bonn, he would often spend the weekend with his Hessian counsins at their modest palace in Darmstadt.
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 Dr. B's Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Wilhelm could never bring himself to sacrifice his enthusiasm for projecting German power beyond Europe (Weltmacht) in order to forge the alliance with Britain that he desired.
Germany and Austria-Hungary decided to take full advantage of Russia's post-1905 weakness by pressing for concessions from both France and Russia in in the First Moroccan Crisis (1905-06) and in Bosnia (1908-09).
The dispatch of a German gunboat to the port of Agadir in Morocco provoked a prolonged and bitter crisis with France in 1911.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The prince, he wrote, was 'narrow minded'; and 'the life he leads between Potsdam and Berlin, and Berlin and Potsdam, is not calculated to increase his knowledge of the world or to induce him to understand either his own nation or...
Germany's policy was dictated by geography and Wilhelm would therefore act as jackal for the Russians in the Near East. The Kaiser's collusion with Tsar Nicholas II during the Far Eastern crisis of 1897-8 seemed to furnish supporting evidence for such analyses.
Wilhelm's nervous break-down as a result of the affair was almost symbolic. The political storm caused by his injudicious 'interview' marked the beginning of 'a new political era' in Germany, as Sir Francis Oppenheimer observed in the first of his many insightful analyses of German politics.
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 Prince Wilhelm
Prince Wilhelm, eldest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Augusta Victoria, was born in 1882.
Wilhelm took part in the German offensive at Verdun in February 1916 and at the Aisne in May 1918.
After the war Germany would once more breathe freely, we hoped; she would have settled with her enemies and envious rivals, and be able to develop to a degree quite unsuspected.
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 TGOL - Kronprinz Wilhelm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Germany had set their sights for the high seas, and they had succeeded in conquering a great deal of it.
The rivalry between Britain and Germany, which had so far been expressed by a race on the high seas, was now making a war between the two countries a very real threat.
The British steamer Indian Prince was captured and her cargo of cocoa, coffee and provisions were taken on board the Kronprinz before the enemy vessel was sunk.
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 Cast List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Germany, undergoing a political crisis, which dethroned the military camarilla under Hindenburg and Ludendorff, is represented by the liberal-Catholic Matthias Erzberger and Heinrich Brüning, a young army-volunteer of solid Catholic background.
On 21 Jan. 1918, Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany finally abdicated the throne in favor of his son, who became Wilhelm III (1918), but the succession was precipitated by a series of hunger demonstrations, illegal strikes and violent riots, forcing the police to shoot dead more than 100 people across Germany.
Both Germany and the Habsburg Empires came out of the war with some territorial losses, but the only country which was granted war reparation of any size was Belgium, to which Germany agreed to pay 300 billion Gold marks.
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 ipedia.com: Wilhelm II of Germany Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Wilhelm II of Prussia and Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Hohenzollern was the last German Emperor and the last King of Prussia from 1888 - 1918.
He was born in Berlin to Crown Prince F...
As a result of the explosion of the German Revolution, the Kaiser's abdication was announced by Max von Baden on November 9, 1918.
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 Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany (1882-1951)
Crown Prince of the German Empire and Prussia
Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Augustus Ernst Hohenzollern of Prussia
Prince Friedrich visited India, and admired the Khyber Rifles.
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 An Introduction to The Royal Windsor Tapestry Manufactory, 1876-1890 - The Royal Windsor Web Site by Thamesweb
The Queen was often accompanied by Princess Beatrice or the Prince of Wales.
Prince Leopold's interest in the project was deprecated and the Queen's support nullified for a long period.
He was succeeded as President by his brother, the Prince of Wales, who circulated a similar letter dated 22 May 1884 expressing a desire to second the efforts made by Prince Leopold, and inviting donations towards the Endowment Fund, orders for tapestries, and for the repair of old tapestries.
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 Wikipedia: 1882
April 3 - Old West outlaw Jesse James is shot in the back and killed by Robert Ford for a $5,000 reward.
May 20 - Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.
May 6 - Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany, heir of Kaiser Wilhelm II († 1951)
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 Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany (1859-1941)
Prince of Prussia, with the style of His Royal Highness (HRH Prince Wilhelm of Prussia)
Crown Prince of the German Empire and Prussia, with the style of His Imperial and Royal Highness (HIRH Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany)
Wilhelm II, Kaiser of Germany (1859-1941), by Jesus Ibarra.
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 Kaiser Wilhelm the Second
Noteworthy Relations Relationship Country Crown Prince Wilhelm son Germany Tsar Nicholas II cousin Russia King Edward VII uncle England King George V cousin England King Frederick II father Prussia Queen Victoria grandmother England Emperor Wilhelm I grandfather Germany
This, together with having some tough footsteps in which to follow, led Wilhelm towards the military lifestyle.
Wilhelm II was crowned Emperor in (midyear) 1888.
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 GERMANY / ROYALTY POSTCARDS- Old Vintage Antique Postcards Postcard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
- The children of the Crown Prince Wilhelm in Uniform of the German Army (Unused Postcard).
- Wilhelm, Child of Crown Prince Wilhelm born in1906 (Unused Postcard).
- Wilhelm, Child of Crown prince Wilhelm, born in 1906 (Postally Used Postcard).
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 TIME Magazine Archive Article -- In Milan -- Mar. 22, 1926   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The next night he returned past Lake Maggiore, hurried on to Lucerne, where he doffed his incognito and admitted that he was the former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Germany.
Smiling enigmatically, he refused to affirm or deny rumors that he is about to petition the League of Nations to permit his father to quit Holland for Italy.
Allegedly Wilhelm II desires this change of residence on account of the delicate health of "the Empress Hermine," as his consort is now referred to at Doom.
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