Wilhelm II, German Emperor

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German Emperor King of Prussia head of state human monarch

Wilhelm II, German Emperor, was the last German Kaiser and King of Prussia, whose aggressive foreign and military policies contributed to the outbreak of World War I and ultimately led to the collapse of the German Empire.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Kaiser Wilhelm II 5
German Emperor 2
German Emperor (as King of Prussia) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German Emperor ⓘ
King of Prussia ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
abdicated 1918-11-09 ⓘ
associatedWithEvent First Moroccan Crisis ⓘ
July Crisis of 1914 ⓘ
Second Moroccan Crisis ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
birthDate 1859-01-27 ⓘ
birthPlace Berlin ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
burialPlace Huis Doorn ⓘ
causeOfDeath pulmonary embolism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship German Empire ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
deathDate 1941-06-04 ⓘ
deathPlace Doorn ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
education University of Bonn ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
exiledTo Netherlands ⓘ
familyName Prussia ⓘ
surface form: von Preußen
father Frederick III, German Emperor ⓘ
fullName Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Preußen ⓘ
givenName Friedrich ⓘ
Wilhelm ⓘ
grandfather William I, German Emperor ⓘ
surface form: Wilhelm I, German Emperor
grandmother Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
memberOf House of Hohenzollern ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral of the Fleet (United Kingdom, honorary, later revoked) ⓘ
German field marshal ⓘ
monarchOf German Empire ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
mother Victoria, Princess Royal ⓘ
notableFor aggressive foreign policy ⓘ
naval expansion of the German Empire ⓘ
role in the origins of World War I ⓘ
support for militarism ⓘ
positionHeld Wilhelm II, German Emperor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: German Emperor

Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Preußen ⓘ
surface form: King of Prussia
predecessor Frederick III, German Emperor ⓘ
reignEnd 1918-11-09 ⓘ
reignStart 1888-06-15 ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Huis Doorn ⓘ
spouse Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein ⓘ
Hermine Reuss of Greiz ⓘ
successor none (monarchy abolished) ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grand Cross of the Iron Cross → associatedWithRuler → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
Iron Cross 1st Class → awardingAuthority → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Emperor
Pour le Mérite → awardingBody → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Emperor (as King of Prussia)
Cecilienhof Palace → commissionedBy → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaiser Wilhelm II
Imperial Castle in Poznań → commissionedBy → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Emperor Wilhelm II
Second Moroccan Crisis → hasParticipant → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaiser Wilhelm II
Prussia → headOfState → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
German Empire → lastEmperor → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
Otto von Bismarck → monarchDuringTerm → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
Wilhelminian style → namedAfter → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
Wilhelm → notableBearer → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
Central Powers → notableLeader → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaiser Wilhelm II
House of Hohenzollern → notableMember → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
Edward VII → notableRelative → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
Abdication of Wilhelm II → participant → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
Imperial German Navy → patron → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
Wilhelm II, German Emperor → positionHeld → Wilhelm II, German Emperor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Emperor
Abdication of Wilhelm II → significantPerson → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
Boxer Rebellion → significantPerson → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaiser Wilhelm II
German Supreme Command → subordinateTo → Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaiser Wilhelm II