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Hace 3 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 5 días · The Kaiser and His Court: Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany | Reviews in History. Book: The Kaiser and His Court: Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany. John Röhl. Cambridge, CUP, 1996, ISBN: 9780521565042; 288pp.; Price: £20.99. Reviewer: Dr Alan Sked. London School of Economics. Citation:
Hace 1 día · Wilhelm II wanted Germany to have her "place in the sun", like Britain, which he constantly wished to emulate or rival. With German traders and merchants already active worldwide, he encouraged colonial efforts in Africa and the Pacific (" new imperialism "), causing the German Empire to vie with other European powers for remaining "unclaimed" territories.
Hace 4 días · The following image is a family tree of every prince, king, queen, monarch, confederation president and emperor of Germany, from Charlemagne in 800 over Louis the German in 843 through to Wilhelm II in 1918.
Hace 4 días · While conventional scholars assign the locus of blame on Kaiser Wilhelm II and his military clique, revisionists tend to view the conflict as a result of either a meltdown of the international system or a catastrophic failure of Continental diplomacy.
Hace 5 días · In this, at least, the book resembles John Röhl’s biography of Bismarck’s nemesis, Wilhelm II , with numerous extended quotes, sometimes running to half a page or more. Some of these come from the usual suspects – Theodor Fontane, Baroness von Spitzemberg – but others, from Bismarck’s American student friend John Motley or the diplomat Odo Russell for instance, offer fresher ...
Hace 5 días · Definitions of Wilhelm II. noun. grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941) synonyms: Kaiser Bill, Kaiser Wilhelm. see more.
