William I, German Emperor

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German Emperor King of Prussia head of state human military officer monarch

William I, German Emperor, was the 19th-century Prussian king who became the first German Emperor and oversaw the unification of Germany under Prussian leadership.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Wilhelm I, German Emperor	5
German Emperor Wilhelm I	1
Wilhelm I.	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German Emperor ⓘ King of Prussia ⓘ head of state ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ monarch ⓘ
birthName	Prince William of Prussia ⓘ
burialPlace	Charlottenburg Palace ⓘ surface form: Mausoleum at Charlottenburg Palace
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
child	Frederick III, German Emperor ⓘ Louise, Grand Duchess of Baden ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth	1797-03-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1888-03-09 ⓘ
endTime	1888-03-09 (as German Emperor) ⓘ 1888-03-09 (as King of Prussia) ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
father	Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia ⓘ surface form: Frederick William III of Prussia
givenName	William ⓘ
house	House of Hohenzollern ⓘ
languageSpoken	German ⓘ
militaryRank	field marshal ⓘ
monarchOf	German Empire ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
mother	Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ⓘ
nativeName	William I, German Emperor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wilhelm I.
notableCommander	Albrecht von Roon ⓘ Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ⓘ Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Berlin ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
placeOfDeath	Berlin ⓘ German Empire ⓘ
positionHeld	German Emperor ⓘ King of Prussia ⓘ Prince of Prussia ⓘ regent of Prussia ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ
residence	Berlin City Palace ⓘ Charlottenburg Palace ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
significantEvent	Austro-Prussian War ⓘ Franco-Prussian War ⓘ Proclamation as German Emperor at Versailles ⓘ North German Confederation ⓘ surface form: Unification of Germany
spouse	Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1861-01-02 (as King of Prussia) ⓘ 1871-01-18 (as German Emperor) ⓘ
title	German Emperor ⓘ Grand Duke of Posen ⓘ King of Prussia ⓘ Margrave of Brandenburg ⓘ