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Hace 5 días · Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire and the House of Hohenzollern's 300-year reign in Prussia and 500-year reign in Brandenburg.
Hace 2 días · Frederick II (German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772.
Hace 2 días · Wilhelm II, the eldest grandchild of Queen Victoria, was born in 1859 to her eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal, and Prince Frederick III of Germany. Wilhelm became the German Emperor and King of Prussia in 1888 after the deaths of his father and grandfather, which occurred within months of each other.
Hace 5 días · On 9 November 1918, in the early days of the Revolution of 1918–1919 that brought down the German monarchy, Prince Maximilian von Baden, the last Chancellor of the German Empire – who like most of his predecessors was also Minister President of Prussia – announced the abdication of Wilhelm II as German Emperor and King of Prussia before ...
Hace 2 días · During the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), the French Empire was confronted with the Kingdom of Prussia and other territories of what would end up being the German Empire in 1871, after a harsh conflict, the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), which broke out, curiously, due to a struggle between France and Prussia for the succession to the throne of the Kingdom of Spain, due to the French fear of a ...
Hace 3 días · The Prince von Wedel’s story is a fascinating one: a close advisor of Kaiser Wilhelm II and one of the few who advocated for moderation in foreign affairs. As such, he was appointed as viceroy to the sensitive frontier region of Alsace-Lorraine in 1907, but was forced to resign just as things were heating up in 1914.
Hace 2 días · Berlin was the capital of Prussia and then, from 1871, of a unified Germany. Though partitioned into East and West Berlin after World War II, the reunification of East and West Germany led to Berlin’s reinstatement as the all-German capital in 1990.
