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Wilhelm II, German emperor and king of Prussia. Creator recorded on source page. Public domain or freely licensed; see source record.
1859–1941
Last German emperor, whose reign ended in military defeat and revolution in 1918.
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Last German emperor, whose reign ended in military defeat and revolution in 1918. Wilhelm dismissed Bismarck and pursued a more personal, erratic style of rule, though ministers, generals and the Reichstag also shaped policy. Naval expansion and Weltpolitik intensified international tension. During the First World War military leaders increasingly displaced his authority, and revolution.
Wilhelm II is particularly known for Last German emperor, whose reign ended in military defeat and revolution in 1918., German Empire.
Wilhelm II lived 1859–1941. This profile places that life within 20th Century and German Empire.
Wilhelm II's career belongs within German Empire. Imperial German politics combined mass elections with limited parliamentary control of government. Industrialisation, militarism, federalism and empire shaped the room for individual action. The central subjects here are the events behind this summary: Last German emperor, whose reign ended in military defeat and revolution in 1918.
Wilhelm dismissed Bismarck and pursued a more personal, erratic style of rule, though ministers, generals and the Reichstag also shaped policy. Naval expansion and Weltpolitik intensified international tension. During the First World War military leaders increasingly displaced his authority, and revolution forced his abdication.
Wilhelm dismissed Bismarck and pursued a more personal, erratic style of rule, though ministers, generals and the Reichstag also shaped policy. Naval expansion and Weltpolitik intensified international tension. During the First World War military leaders increasingly displaced his authority, and revolution forced his abdication.
1859: Born. Wilhelm II was born in 1859. 20th Century: Historical career. Last German emperor, whose reign ended in military defeat and revolution in 1918.
1941: Died. Wilhelm II died in 1941.
Wilhelm II's career belongs within German Empire. Imperial German politics combined mass elections with limited parliamentary control of government. Industrialisation, militarism, federalism and empire shaped the room for individual action. The central subjects here are the events behind this summary: Last German emperor, whose reign ended in military defeat and revolution in 1918.
Wilhelm II was born in 1859.
Last German emperor, whose reign ended in military defeat and revolution in 1918.
Wilhelm II died in 1941.
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