Kaiser Wilhelm II - WWI, Abdication & Death - HISTORY - 0 views
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Kaiser Wilhelm II was born in Potsdam, Germany, on January 27, 1859, the son of Prince Frederick Wilhelm of Prussia (1831-88) and Princess Victoria (1840-1901), the oldest daughter of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1901).
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The political event that shaped Wilhelm was the formation of the German Empire under the leadership of Prussia in 1871.
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Wilhelm II (1859-1941), the German kaiser (emperor) and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, was one of the most recognizable public figures of World War I (1914-18).
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