“Today the 100th birthday of my mother! No notice is taken of it at home! No”
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Wilhelm II
Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor from 1888 until his abdication in 1918. His fall from power marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty's 400-year rule over Prussia.
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Born 27 January 1859 · Died 4 June 1941 · Q2677
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2026· 9 entries
“We have ceased to live under the rule of law and everyone must be prepared for the possibility that the Nazis will push their way in and put them up against the wall!”
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“consolidating and closing itself off from British influences after the elimination of the British and the Jews!”
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“Your uncle would have given me a different answer!”
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“Ruthlessness and weakness will start the most terrifying war of the world, whose purpose is to destroy Germany. Because there can no longer be any doubts, England, France and Russia have conspired themselves together to fight an annihilation war against us”
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“I really found my family, my friends, my interests—everything of which I had up to that time had to do without.”
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Secret Berlin: Just 50 minutes from Berlin lies this stunning Rococo palace, which bore the name of the forgotten emperor—the one between Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II—for 15 days before it was renamed
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Mshale: What Happened To Kaiser Wilhelm II's 7 Children After World War I? Jacksonville Weather (qjkRlwawNi)
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Moviefone: Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
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2018· 1 entry
Addressing the pilgrimage, the museum director stated: "we don't honour Kaiser Wilhelm here"
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1941· 12 entries
Died 1941-06-04.
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“[The German Legion] which, in conjunction with Blucher and the Prussians at Waterloo, saved the British Army from destruction.”
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“You [recruits] have sworn loyalty to me. You have only one enemy and that is my enemy. In the present social confusion, it may come about that I order you to shoot down your own relatives, brothers or parents but even then you must follow my orders without a murmur.”
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“I regard every Social Democrat as an enemy of the Empire and Fatherland.”
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“Numa conversa com o rei Eduardo VII do Reino Unido, seu tio, após o funeral da Rainha Vitória”
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“There is a breed of men who do not deserve the name of Germans. I trust that the entire nation will find the strength to beat back their outrageous attacks. If that does not occur, I shall have to call on you, my Guards, for protection against the gang of traitors and for leading the battle which will free us from such elements.”
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“The Party which dares to attack the foundations of our State, which sets itself against religion and does not stop at attacking the person of the All-Highest Ruler must be rooted out to the very last stump.”
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“Variant: Germany must have her place in the sun. (Stated not by Wilhelm II but by Bernhard von Bülow)”
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“There is only one person who is master in this Empire and I am not going to tolerate any other.”
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“The soldier and the army, not Parliamentary majorities and decisions, have welded the German Empire together. I put my trust in the army.”
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“I repudiate these attacks on him...a German of the Germans...his honour so assailed. Who made this infamous attack upon our friend? Men who till now have been looked upon as Germans, but who henceforth are unworthy of that name. And these men come from the Reich's working classes, who owe so infinite a debt of gratitude to Krupp!”
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“I look on myself as an instrument of the Almighty and go on my way regardless of transient opinions and views.”
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1940· 6 entries
Came what would have been his mother's 100th birthday
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Specifically stated that the downfall of Germany in the First World War was due to the country's "poor leadership" at that time
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“Thus is the pernicious Entente Cordiale of Uncle Edward VII brought to nought.”
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“The hand of God is creating a new world & working ... We are becoming the U.S. of Europe under German leadership, a united European Continent.”
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Specifically stated that the downfall of Germany in the First World War was due to country's "poor leadership" at that time
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The aging Wilhelm retired completely from public life
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1922· 1 entry
Wilhelm published the first volume of his memoirs—a very slim volume that insisted he was not guilty of initiating the Great War, and defended his conduct throughout his reign, especially in matters of foreign policy
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1919· 1 entry
“deepest, most disgusting shame ever perpetrated by a person in history, the Germans have done to themselves ... egged on and misled by the tribe of Judah ... Let no German ever forget this, nor rest until these parasites have been destroyed and exterminated from German soil!”
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1918· 2 entries
Career landmark: abdication.
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Kaiser Wilhelm also suggested a similar campaign against the "Jew-Bolsheviks" who were slaughtering the Baltic German nobility in the Baltic states, citing the example of what Turks had done to the Ottoman Armenians just
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1917· 1 entry
Hindenburg and Ludendorff decided that Bethman-Hollweg was no longer acceptable to them as Chancellor and called upon the Kaiser to appoint somebody else
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1916· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (1914) (1916).
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1914· 1 entry
His diplomatic brinksmanship culminated in the guarantee of his country's military support to Austria-Hungary during the July Crisis which ultimately plunged all of Europe into World War I
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1913· 1 entry
Wilhelm hosted a lavish wedding in Berlin for his only daughter, Victoria Louise
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1907· 1 entry
As an opportunity to promote his views on Anglo-German friendship, but due to the content and emotional tone of many of his statements, he ended up further alienating not only the British but also the French, Russians an
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1906· 1 entry
Won Grashof Commemorative Medal (1906).
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1904· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Garter (1904).
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1902· 1 entry
Awarded Royal Victorian Chain (1902).
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1900· 3 entries
By an international force known as the Eight-Nation Alliance
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Supported the morganatic marriage of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria to Countess Sophie Chotek, and helped negotiate an end to the opposition to the wedding by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
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Wilhelm appointed the man whom he regarded as "his own Bismarck", Bernhard von Bülow
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1898· 1 entry
Wilhelm II wrote to Nicholas II that:
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1895· 1 entry
Enabling faster movements between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
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1891· 1 entry
The Reichstag passed the Workers Protection Acts, which improved working conditions, protected women and children and regulated labour relations
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1889· 4 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of William (1889).
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Wilhelm reorganised top-level control of the navy by creating a Naval Cabinet (Marine-Kabinett) equivalent to the German Imperial Military Cabinet which had previously functioned in the same capacity for both the army an
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Wilhelm's younger sister Sophia married Constantine, Crown Prince of Greece
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Wilhelm secured the sale of German-made rifles to the Ottoman Army
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1888· 3 entries
A friend of Wilhelm "declared that the young Kaiser's dislike of his Hebrew subjects, one rooted in a perception that they possessed an overweening influence in Germany, was so strong that it could not be overcome"
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Career landmark: King of Prussia (1888–1918).
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Career landmark: German Emperor (1888–1918).
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1886· 1 entry
Also, thanks to Herbert von Bismarck, the son of the Chancellor, Prince Wilhelm began to be trained twice a week at the Foreign Ministry
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1884· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (1884).
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Bismarck began advocating that Kaiser Wilhelm send his grandson on diplomatic missions, a privilege denied to the Crown Prince
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1880· 1 entry
Wilhelm became engaged to Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, known as "Dona"
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1879· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1879).
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1876· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1876).
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1863· 1 entry
Wilhelm was taken to England to be present at the wedding of his uncle Bertie and Princess Alexandra of Denmark (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra)
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1859· 1 entry
Born 1859-01-27.
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