Frederick William Victor Albert (January 27, 1859 — June 4, 1941), better known as Wilhelm II, is currently the last Emperor of the German Empire, and the last King of Prussia. He is the great grandson of Queen Victoria, and related to a number of monarchs.
World War I[]
"...For I no longer have any doubt that England, Russia and France have agreed among themselves—knowing that our treaty obligations compel us to support Austria—to use the Austro-Serb conflict as a pretext for waging a war of annihilation against us... Our dilemma over keeping faith with the old and honourable Emperor [of Austria] has been exploited to create a situation which gives England the excuse she has been seeking to annihilate us with a spurious appearance of justice on the pretext that she is helping France and maintaining the well-known Balance of Power in Europe, i.e., playing off all European States for her own benefit against us." - Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany. [1]
Abdication[]
Death[]
Sources[]
- Balfour, Michael (1964), The Kaiser and his Times, Houghton Mifflin