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Kaiser Wilhelm II

1859–1941

Victoria's eldest grandchild, Vicky's son

Victoria and Albert's grandson

Facts

Born:
27 January 1859
Died:
4 June 1941 (aged 82)
  • At Albert's death (1861): aged 2
  • At Victoria's Golden Jubilee (1887): aged 28
  • At Victoria's death (1901): aged 41

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Life in the Almanack

  1. 27 January 1859 Birth of Prince William of Prussia, the future Kaiser Wilhelm II, Victoria's first grandchild
  2. 27 February 1881 Wedding of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein aged 22
  3. 15 June 1888 Death of Emperor Frederick III, Vicky's husband, after a reign of 99 days; his son Wilhelm II succeeds aged 29
  4. 15 June 1888 Wilhelm II ascends the German imperial throne aged 29
  5. 20 March 1890 Wilhelm II accepts Bismarck's forced resignation – "dropping the pilot" aged 31
  6. 10 November 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm II flees to the Netherlands aged 59
  7. 28 November 1918 Wilhelm II formally abdicates – the end of Hohenzollern rule aged 59
  8. 15 May 1920 Wilhelm II moves into his house at Doorn aged 61
  9. 5 November 1922 Wedding of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz aged 63
  10. 4 June 1941 Death of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Victoria's grandchild aged 82

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