William I (Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888), or Wilhelm I, was King of Prussia from 1861 and German Emperor from 1871 until his...
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15 June 1888) was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors. Known informally...
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Wilhelm II (redirect from William II German Emperor)
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...
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and during the German Empire (1848–1849), King Frederick Wilhelm IV of Prussia was offered the title "Emperor of the Germans" (German: Kaiser der Deutschen)...
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William I, German Emperor (1797–1888) William I of Gascony (died 848) William I of Aquitaine (died 918) William I of Montferrat (fl. 924) William I of Normandy...
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A large number of monuments were erected in Germany in honour of Emperor William I (known in German as Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal). As early as 1867 the Berlin...
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Wilhelm of Prussia (redirect from William of Prussia)
(1783–1851), son of Frederick William II of Prussia William I, German Emperor (1797–1888), King of Prussia and German Emperor, nephew of the above Wilhelm...
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Frederick Barbarossa (redirect from Holy Roman emperor and German king Frederick I)
10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (German: Friedrich I; Italian: Federico I), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death 35 years later...
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20 July 1951) was the eldest child of the last Kaiser, Wilhelm II, German Emperor, and his consort Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, and thus a...
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the Three Emperors, or the Year of the Three Kaisers (German: Dreikaiserjahr), refers to the year 1888 during the German Empire in German history. The...
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Elisa Radziwiłł (category German people of Polish descent)
ancestry. She was the desired bride of Prince William of Prussia, who later became William I, German Emperor, but they were not allowed to marry. Elisa,...
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Prussian King William I was proclaimed German Emperor at the Palace of Versailles. The German question complicated the alliance of German states after...
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House of Hohenzollern (redirect from German princely family Hohenzollern)
imperial) German dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the German Empire, and...
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the "Gateway to Westphalia". It was erected to honour the first German Emperor, William I (1797–1888), by the then Prussian Province of Westphalia between...
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Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1868–1879) (category Children of Frederick III, German Emperor)
the German Crown Prince and Crown Princess, later Emperor Frederick III and Empress Victoria. Prince Waldemar was a grandson of both William I, German Emperor...
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1143–1214), also known as William the Lion William II of Holland (1227–1256), elected King of the Romans in 1247 William I, German Emperor and King of Prussia...
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of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia (a daughter of King Frederick William III of Prussia and sister to William I, German Emperor)....
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1866, he was also president of the German Confederation. In December 1848, Franz Joseph's uncle Emperor Ferdinand I abdicated the throne at Olomouc, as...
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proclaimed William I, German Emperor, but the quick action of the French National Assembly to ratify the Treaty of Versailles prevented this. German troops...
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Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł (category Articles containing German-language text)
of King Frederick William I of Prussia, great-great-grandson of King George I of Great Britain, cousin of William I, German Emperor and Czar Alexander...
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Leopold I (Leopold Ignaz Joseph Balthasar Franz Felician; Hungarian: I. Lipót; 9 June 1640 – 5 May 1705) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia...
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Joseph I (Joseph Jacob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius; 26 July 1678 – 17 April 1711) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy...
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King of Germany. A king was chosen by the German electors and would then proceed to Rome to be crowned emperor by the pope. The Kingdom of Germany started...
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Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (category Mothers of German emperors)
of Prussia and William I, German Emperor. Her legacy became cemented after her extraordinary 1807 meeting with French Emperor Napoleon I at Tilsit – she...
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Generalfeldmarschall (redirect from Field Marshal (Germany))
colonel general (German: Generaloberst) was created in order to promote William, Prince of Prussia (the later William I, German Emperor) to senior rank...
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Albert I of Habsburg (German: Albrecht I.) (July 1255 – 1 May 1308) was a Duke of Austria and Styria from 1282 and King of Germany from 1298 until his...
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Roman Emperor from 1191 until his death. From 1194 he was also King of Sicily. Henry was the second son of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and Beatrice I, Countess...
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Ferdinand I (10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria...
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New Era (Prussia) (category William I, German Emperor)
Reaction under Frederick William IV. The New Era began with the regency of Wilhelm I on October 7, 1858, who became King Wilhelm I in 1861. After the Era...
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Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519) was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death in 1519. He was never...
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