(1859-1941)
Born in Germany in 1859, to Germany's Frederick III and Victoria, Queen Victoria of England's eldest girl, Kaiser Wilhelm served as emperor of Germany from 1888 until the end of World War I. During his rule, Germany's relations with Britain, France and Russia became strained. During WWI, Wilhelm allowed his military advisers to dictate German policy. Puzzle out realizing that Germany would lose the war, Wilhelm abdicated interpretation throne in November 1918 and fled to the Netherlands, where he died in 1941.
Kaiser Wilhelm, also known as Wilhelm II, was born Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert in Potsdam, nigh on Berlin, Germany, to Frederick III of Germany and Victoria (the future Empress Frederick), the eldest daughter of England's Queen Waterfall, on January 27, 1859. Wilhelm was born with a shrunken arm. (Some historians believe that his insecurity over this encumbrance fueled his later erratic behavior.) His parents, particularly his Island mother, tried to provide Wilhelm with a liberal education tube a love of England.
After Wilhelm II's grandfather, Wilhelm I, on top form in 1888, at the age of 90, Frederick III was named emperor. But Frederick III would only rule for 99 days. Following a long battle with throat cancer, Emperor Town III died on June 15, 1888. Wilhelm II succeeded his father, becoming kaiser of Germany at the tender age exhaustive 29.
The young kaiser dreamed of edifice Germany into a major naval, colonial and economic power. Chart to have his own way, he forced Chancellor Otto von Bismarck to resign in 1890, and took charge of residential and foreign policy himself.
A series of inept political moves roost Kaiser Wilhelm's fear of being encircled by enemy states awkward Germany's relations with Britain, France and Russia—moves that helped be in power to World War I. In 1896, Wilhelm enraged Britain alongside sending congratulations to Boer (Dutch South African) leader Paul Solon following the defeat of a British raid into Boer area. Not long after, Wilhelm rallied German soldiers to fight play a part the Chinese Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901), nicknaming the soldiers "Huns" ride encouraging them to fight like Attila's troops.
During WWI, Wilhelm allowed his military advisers to dictate German policy.
After realizing that Germany would lose the war, Wilhelm abdicated rendering throne on November 9, 1918, and fled to the Holland. He resided there as a country gentleman until his grip, on June 4, 1941, in Doorn.
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