Wilhelm II, German Emperor
1859 – 1941 German German Emperor and King of Prussia (Wilhelm II)
Last German emperor, whose reign ended in World War I.
- Religion
- Lutheran
- Affiliations
- House of Hohenzollern; not a Freemason.
Wilhelm II dismissed Bismarck and pursued an aggressive foreign and naval policy that helped bring on World War I. His leadership in the war was widely seen as weak. He abdicated in 1918 as Germany fell to revolution and spent his last years in exile.
Connections
- rival of Otto von Bismarck — Dismissed as chancellor by Wilhelm II in 1890.
- family of Queen Victoria — Grandmother of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
- family of Queen Victoria — Grandson of Queen Victoria.