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	HTC: San Francisco Chronicle, July 25, 1905
		Emperor William went to the meeting, prepared to say, if he were asked, that he thought Emperor Nicholas could effect a full understanding and reconciliation with the discontented portions of his people only through reform.
		Emperor William has the fullest information regarding the Russian situation and may be able to give Emperor Nicholas statements of fact and deductions from them that are unknown to the Russian Emperor.
		Emperor Nicholas wrote to Emperor William several days ago that if, during the latter’s yachting in the Baltic, he should approach the Russian shore, he (Emperor Nicholas) would be pleased to meet him.
	www.holy-trinity.org /history/1905/07.25.SF.Chronicle_Czar.html

	German Emperor On Christianity
		ON April 24, 1901, William, Emperor of Germany, took his son, the Crown Prince Frederick William, to Bonn, to place him as a student in the university.
		Turning to the toast which had been assigned him—William, the Founder of the German Empire—he said :
		They have become a light and blessing to all mankind; they worked `universal' and were nevertheless in themselves strictly exclusive Germans.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles26/speaking-oak-226.shtml

	boys clothing: German states--Prussia: Friderich Wilhelm III
		Frederick William III married Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1793.
		Frederick William III acceded to the throne in 1797.
		His mother was Frederica Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1751 Frederick William III acceded to the throne in 1797.
	histclo.hispeed.com /royal/gers/pru/prufw3.htm (637 words)

	WILLIAM I. (NETHERLANDS) - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM I. (NETHERLANDS)
		The emperor publicly endorsed the chancellor's explanations, and for nearly two years maintained in public an almost unbroken silence.
		It was on this occasion, too, that he made the suggestion of an eventual co-operation of the British and German fleets in the Far East.
		In reply to the enquiry what the government intended to do in fulfilment of the pledge given in 1908, the chancellor denied that the emperor had exceeded his constitutional rights, a view supported by the majority of the House.
	23.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WI/WILLIAM_I_NETHERLANDS_.htm (637 words)

	WILLIAM II., GERMAN EMPEROR - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM II., GERMAN EMPEROR
		WILLIAM II., GERMAN EMPEROR - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM II., GERMAN EMPEROR
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		William, who had always been bitterly opposed to the policy of abandoning the French alliance in order to gain better terms from Spain, did his utmost to prevent the ratification, but matters were too far
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WI/WILLIAM_II_GERMAN_EMPEROR.htm (637 words)

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 94000006
		Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941, Germany Politics and government 1888-1918, Germany Kings and rulers Biography, William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941 Views on Jews
		Table of contents for The Kaiser and his court : Wilhelm II and the government of Germany / John C.G. Rohl ; translated from the German by Terence F. Cole.
		The splendour and impotence of the German diplomatic service 7.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/cam021/94000006.html (637 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Schinkel, Karl Friedrich
		Hohenzollern: (12) William I, King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany
		He was the greatest architect in 19th-century Germany, and his most important surviving buildings in Berlin (see BERLIN, §I, 3) and Potsdam (see POTSDAM, §1) show his sense of German idealism and technical mastery.
		He became Geheimer Oberlandesbaudirektor of the Prussian state and influenced many architects in Germany and abroad.
	www.artnet.com /library/07/0765/T076562.asp (491 words)

	German Emperor's Sermon
		AT the time of the siege of Pekin, the versatile German Emperor, who was spending the Sabbath on his royal yacht, preached a sermon on prayer for the army and navy, selecting as his text the 11th verse of the 7th chapter of Exodus.
		The splendid German Empire comes into a beautiful bloom in William II.
		At the close of the sermon the Emperor offered this prayer : " Almighty God, dear Heavenly Father, O thou Lord of Hosts and Ruler of Battles, we raise our hands to Thee in prayer.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles24/speaking-oak-113.shtml (491 words)

	RoyaList Online - Royal Genealogy - William II, German Emperor (Kaiser Wilhelm II)
		As soon as William's father, Emperor Frederick, died, he had his mother's quarters searched for state secrets.
		William's left arm was injured at birth and his mother is thought to have bullied him on this account throughout his childhood, which may help to explain his later behaviour towards her.
		He publicly blamed her for his father's death, and generally acted so bizarrely that his grandmother Queen Victoria expressed concerns for his sanity.
	www.royalist.info /execute/biog?person=1639 (491 words)

	Princess Victoria, Princess Royal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was the consort of German Emperor Friedrich III, and mother of the Emperor-King Wilhelm II of Germany.
		In January 1861, on the death of his childless uncle Frederick William IV of Prussia and the accession of his father as King Wilhelm I, Prince Friedrich became Crown Prince of Prussia.
		German Empress Friedrich (née Her Royal Highness The Princess Victoria, Princess Royal) (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise), (21 November 1840 – 5 August 1901) was Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia.
	www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Princess_Victoria,_Princess_Royal (1008 words)

	Friedrich I Barbarossa (1194-1250)
		Cardinal Roland (later Pope Alexander III) was supposed to explain the Pope's new policy to the princes and to the Emperor at the imperial Diet of Besançon 1157.
		Following the death of William I of Sicily in 1166, Friedrich felt that the time had come to strike a decisive blow against Alexander III, who had returned to Rome, and against Sicily.
		Friedrich was the son of Friedrich II, duke of Swabia, and Judith, daughter of Henry IX, duke of Bavaria, of the rival dynasty of the Welfs.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/EmperorFriedrich-IBarbarossa/EmperorFriedrich-IBarbarossa.html (2747 words)

	German boys clothing: Frederich III
		Rhey have not a trace of German feeling, they have lost their footing in the heart of the people, they foment disciord among the members of the family." He also says, "My old master [meaning Wilhelm I] was fully aware of his dependence.
		The German Empire was situated between the Russian collosus and a France through the seizure of Alsace-Loraine that was an implaccable enemy.
		He asceeded to the Prussian throne in 1861 after his older brother Frederick William IV died.
	histclo.hispeed.com /royal/ger/royal-gerf3.htm (2048 words)

	Royal Genealogies Part 1
		NOTES: Frederick III, Emperor of Germany; German Emperor and King of Prussia Liberal in his political views, he opposed Prince Otto von Bismark throughout the ministry of the latter.
		As Crown Prince Frederick William, he was genially called "Our Fritz" by the German people, most of whom anticipated with pleasure his accession to the throne.
		The outstanding event of the reign of George V was World War I. Following England's declaration of war on Germany, the king renounced all the German titles belonging to him and his family and changed the name of the royal house to Windsor.
	ftp.cac.psu.edu /~saw/royal/r01.html (1256 words)

	William II's foreign policy (the two empires)
		Then, William II of Sicily, decided to create a grand alliance against Byzantium and, in 1184, betrothed, Roger II’s daughter, his aunt Constance de Hauteville (30 years old), to the eldest son of Frederick I Barbarossa, the future Henry VI (18 years old).
		The Eastern emperor seeking an alliance with the Norman king offered his daughter, Marie, (1171) in marriage, but as she did not arrive in Italy, this was seen as a snub to William II.
		The German emperor increased his raids in Italy, but Frederick Barbarossa’s fifth attempt, between 1174 and 1176 again ended in failure.
	www.norman-world.com /angleterre/histoires/medit/8/medit8_5.htm (289 words)

	Otto I -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		duke of Saxony (as Otto II, 936–961), German king (from 936), and Holy Roman emperor (962–973), who consolidated the German Reich by his suppression of rebellious vassals and his decisive victory over the Hungarians.
		(born 1797, emperor 1871–88) was the second son of King Frederick William III of Prussia.
		German king and Holy Roman emperor, candidate of the German anti-Hohenstaufen faction, who, after rivalling against two Hohenstaufen kings, was finally deposed.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9276227?tocId=9276227&query=rudolf (814 words)

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		William II's first major action as emperor was his dismissal in 1890 of the aged chancellor Prince Otto von Bismarck, who had been largely responsible for the growth of the German Empire under the emperor's grandfather, William I. Thereafter William II participated significantly, often decisively, in the formulation of foreign and domestic policies.
		=Frederick III (of Prussia) (1831-1888), king of Prussia and emperor of Germany from March 9 to June 15, 1888, and the son of Emperor William I. Frederick was born in Potsdam, Germany.
		William was only partially successful in his attempts to curb the growth of Germany's Social Democratic party, which ultimately became the largest political group in the empire.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/Germany.htm (7424 words)

	conference programme
		William III, however, wanted peace swiftly and was therefore annoyed that the German Emperor wanted to continue the war.
		William III, who was a tolerant ruler anyway, was influenced by the Emperor in 1692 and 1695 when he recommended the Treaty of Limerick to the Irish parliament for ratification and stopped some anti-Catholic legislation.
		William’s refusal to honour Leopold's request was made easier by the fact that his relations with the Emperor had cooled down considerably since the beginning of the Nine Years' War.
	www.let.uu.nl /ogc/William/troost.htm (422 words)

	Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks. (from Stefan Dusan) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		William I, king of Prussia, became the first German emperor in 1871.
		(The German word for emperor is Kaiser, from the Latin “Caesar.”) William II, his grandson, was the last emperor of Germany.
		Two German emperors, members of the house of Hohenzollern, bore the name William, or Wilhelm in German.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=6887 (422 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Joseph Maria von Radowitz
		He was willing that Austria should merely be connected with the German states in a "new confederation", thus he was among those who elected Frederick William IV as German Emperor, March, 1849, though the king had declined the election.
		After Frederick William IV ascended the throne in 1840 Radowitz was frequently called to Berlin to give advice and was also sent on missions to other countries.
		To accomplish his desires he advised the king to attain the unity which the "public opinion" of the German people demanded by introducing a constitutional form of government, in which the parliament should be less powerful than the crown and independent of the bourgeoisie and capitalists.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12631c.htm (422 words)

	My Family
		William I of Germany (Emperor) was born on 22 Mar 1797 in Berlin, Germany.
		Frederick III (German Emperor) and Victoria Adelaide Mary (Princess Royal) were married on 25 Jan 1858 in London, England.
		William Frederick of Gloucester (Duke) was born in 1776.
	sneakers.pair.com /roots/b24.htm (422 words)

	My Family
		William II (German Emperor) was born on 27 Jan 1859 in Berlin, Germany.
		William III of Netherlands (King) was born on 19 Feb 1817 in Brussels, Belgium.
		William III of Netherlands (King) and Emma of Netherlands (Queen Regent) were married on 7 Jan 1879 in Arolsen.
	sneakers.pair.com /roots/b25.htm (422 words)

	Royal Genealogies Part 1
		As Crown Prince Frederick William, he was genially called "Our Fritz" by the German people, most of whom anticipated with pleasure his accession to the throne.
		NOTES: Frederick III, Emperor of Germany; German Emperor and King of Prussia Liberal in his political views, he opposed Prince Otto von Bismark throughout the ministry of the latter.
		Frederick became ill, however, in 1887 and lived only three months after succeeding to the throne on his father's death.
	ftp.cac.psu.edu /~saw/royal/r01.html (1256 words)

	Heinrich VI (1165-1197)
		Meanwhile in Sicily a nationalist party unwilling to be governed by a German emperor chose Tancred, an illegitimate son of Constance's brother Roger, as king of Sicily.
		German king and Holy Roman emperor of the Hohenstaufen dyansty who increased his power and that of his dynasty by his acquisition of the kingdom of Sicily through his marriage to Constance I, posthumous daughter of the Sicilian king Roger II.
		In November 1189, William II of Sicily died, leaving his father's half sister Constance heiress to the Sicilian kingdom, then consisting of the island of Sicily and the southern part of the Italian peninsula.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/EmperorHeinrich-VI/EmperorHeinrich-VI.html (533 words)

	AllRefer.com - Constance, Holy Roman empress (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		In order to save the throne of Sicily for her infant son Frederick (later Holy Roman emperor as Frederick II), Constance renounced the German kingship for Frederick and had him crowned (1198) king of Sicily.
		On his death, however (1189), the Sicilian nobles, wishing to prevent German rule in Sicily, chose Constance's nephew Tancred of Lecce as William's successor.
		Constance 1154–98, Holy Roman empress, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI; daughter of King Roger II of Sicily.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/ConstancHRe.html (280 words)

	WILLIAM II., GERMAN EMPEROR - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM II., GERMAN EMPEROR
		William now felt that his struggle with Philip was a war a oulrance, and knowing that the United Provinces were too weak to resist the Spanish armies unaided, he endeavoured to secure the powerful aid of France, by making the duke of Anjou sovereign of the Netherlands.
		With her, " Father William," as he was affectionately styled, settled at the Prinsenhof at Delft, and lived like a plain, homely Dutch burgher, quietly and unostentatiously, as became a man who had spent his all in his country's cause, and whose resources were now of the most modest description.
		On the i2th of May 1641 William married, in the royal chapel at Whitehall, Mary, princess royal of England, eldest daughter of King Charles I. At the time of the wedding the bridegroom was not yet fifteen years old, the bride was five years younger.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WI/WILLIAM_II_GERMAN_EMPEROR.htm (280 words)

	Eur_Mon_Bib
		William II of Prussia and German Emperor, George I of the Hellenes, Albert I of the Belgians.
		William II King of Prussia and the German Emperor
	www.tboyle.net /Royalty/Eur_Mon_Bib.html (280 words)

	WiWl
		WILLIAM I (1797-1888) Named Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig, German emperor, mason - Born March 22, 1797 in Berlin, he became German emperor in 1871 as well as king of Prussia from 1861.
		Although William is second in line of succession to the Throne, he does not yet carry out any public engagements in his own right.
		WILLIAMS, Theodore Samuel (1918-) Better known as Ted Williams - American sportsman, baseball player - He was born August 30, 1918 in San Diego, California.
	www.philately.com /philately/biowiwl.htm (280 words)

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