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39 unusual facts about German Emperor


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It instead agreed that the most likely foe would be the Germany's Imperial Navy, a burgeoning force of warships that were at the disposal of Emperor Wilhelm II.

Amerongen

The former Emperor of Germany, Wilhelm II, sought refuge in the Netherlands in November 1918 and lived in the castle until May 1920, when he moved to Doorn, where he spent the rest of his life.

Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia

Margaret of Thuringia (1449 – 13 July 1501), who married John II, Elector of Brandenburg, and whose direct main heirs have been Electors of Brandenburg, then Kings of Prussia, and then German Emperors.

Aqueduc de Louveciennes

During the Siege of Paris (1870-1871), the tour du Levant was used as a lookout for the future German emperor William I and the chancellor Bismarck.

Balestrand

Kviknes Hotel was made popular for European visitors in the early part of the 20th century by Kaiser Wilhelm II, who often visited there during his summer vacations prior to World War I.

Bismarck Mausoleum

When Prussia established the German Empire in 1871, Bismarck was awarded the Saxony Forest as an endowment by Emperor Wilhelm I.

Breiteberg

1881 a monument for Frederick III, a German Emperor was built on the north side with the inscription "Learn to suffer without complaining" (German org: "Lerne leiden ohne zu klagen").

Dalen Hotel

After its opening in 1894, the hotel drew royal guests from all over Europe, playing host to the likes of King Oscar II of Sweden, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, King Leopold II of Belgium, King Haakon VII of Norway and his family, and several members of the British aristocracy.

Elbrewery

In the early 1900s, the brewery was the exclusive supplier of Pilsner beer to the court of German Emperor Wilhelm II.

Excelsior Hotel Ernst

From early times, the hotel had very famous guests, such as German Emperor William I and American Artist Andy Warhol.

Felixstowe railway station

On 13 July 1891 Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, wife of Kaiser Wilhiem II of Germany and a relative of Queen Victoria, arrived on a train at Felixstowe Beach station.

Frederick of Prussia

Frederick III, German Emperor (1831 – 1888), Emperor for 99 days, son of the first German emperor Kaiser Wilhelm I

German Conservative Party

The party supported Emperor Wilhelm II's naval policies and Germany's arms race with the United Kingdom, but initially kept its distance towards colonialism and the activists of the Pan-German League.

German Free-minded Party

His early death in 1888 and the accession of his son William II terminated all liberal hopes.

Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

For example, the long-standing San Juan Island Water Boundary Dispute in Puget Sound, which had been left ambiguous in the Oregon Treaty of 1846 to salve relations and get a treaty sorting out the primary differences, was arbitrated by the German Emperor also in 1872.

Heinie Conklin

Claimed to be one of the original Keystone Kops, Conklin's silent screen makeup consisted heavy eyebrow lining and a thinnish, upside-down, painted-on variation of Kaiser Wilhelm's moustache.

Heinrich Abeken

Emperor Wilhelm I described Abeken in a condolence letter to his widow: One of my most reliable advisors, standing on my side in the most decisive moments; His loss is irreplaceable to me; In him his fatherland has lost one of the most noble and most loyal men and officials.

Heringsdorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

These three Kaiserbäder were the favourite spas of the German Emperors, and also called the bathtub of Berlin.

Until January 2006, the municipality was called Dreikaiserbäder, literally meaning Three Imperial Spas, a reference to several vacation visits of the German emperor Wilhelm II until 1918.

Hermann von François

The telegram impressed the Kaiser so much that he immediately relieved Schubert and, on 3 October, gave von François the command of the 8th Army.

I'll Never Heil Again

At the estate of King Herman the 6⅞ (a parody of ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II), the deposed king of Moronica, war profiteers Ixnay (Vernon Dent), Amscray (Lynton Brent) and Umpchay (previously Onay) (Bud Jamison) have decided that they have had enough of Moe Hailstone, the fascist dictator they put in power, and want to help Herman retake the throne.

Johann Jakob Frey

His painting of 'Chamsyn in the Desert,' in the possession of the Emperor of Germany, was produced in 1845, and is greatly admired.

Joseph Jessing

He was decorated by King William I of Prussia for bravery at the Battle of Dybbøl, earning many decorations and medals for his service in the Seventh Westphalian Artillery during both the First and the Second wars with Denmark over the Schleswig-Holstein Question.

Julian Fałat

In 1886, Fałat accepted an invitation from future German Emperor Wilhelm II to serve as court painter in Berlin.

Kaiser William monuments

A large number of monuments were erected in Germany in honour of Emperor William I (known in German as Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal).

Kaisermarsch

The victory in the Franco-Prussian War and the consequent proclamation of William I, King of Prussia, as German Emperor spurred patriotism and incited several German composers to write patriotic music dedicated to the nation and the new empire.

Kierberg station

Emperor William II was responsible for its particularly elaborate design, because the station served as a stopover on his annual visits to the autumn military manoeuvres in the Eifel.

Kimberley Conrad

Just prior to marrying Hefner, Conrad was knighted by his Highness Prince Frederick von Anhalt also known as Robert Hans Lichtenberg, the adult adopted son of Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt who was daughter-in-law of German Emperor Wilhelm II.

Mount Frederick William

The mountain was named during the 1860 survey by the HMS Plumper who charted all the of the area and named the mountain after the Prussian Crown Prince Frederick William, who had married Princess Victoria, the eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Schlosshotel Kronberg

Schlosshotel Kronberg in Kronberg im Taunus was built between 1889 and 1893 for the dowager German Empress Victoria, Princess Royal and originally named Schloss Friedrichshof in honour of her husband, Frederick III, German Emperor.

Shooters Island

The Townsend-Downey Company built a yacht, Meteor III, for Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.

The Ancient Art of War in the Skies

In this air combat simulation, the player makes aerial assaults against opponents such as Lord Kitchener, Ferdinand Foch, Kaiser Wilhelm II, fictional enemy Helmut von Spike, or even Sun Tzu.

Thrasher incident

In response, German orders came from Kaiser Wilhelm who declared that as of February 18, 1915, the waters surrounding England, including the Channel, were a war zone.

VfL 07 Bremen

The original name of the team was Fußball Club Hohenzollern, in tribute to the German Emperor Wilhelm II of Hohenzollern.

Wedding dress of Victoria, Princess Royal

She married Prince Frederick of Prussia, later Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia, son of Wilhelm I and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, on 25 January 1858 at St. James's Palace, Chapel Royal, St. James's, London, England.

Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau

He was the second son of Friedrich, Graf von Hohenau, and thus a grandson of Prince Albrecht of Prussia and second cousin of Emperor Wilhelm II.

Wilhelm Hohenzollern

Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859–1941), last German Emperor and King of Prussia

William Mitchell Acworth

For eighteen months after his graduation he worked in Germany as English tutor to Prince Wilhelm and Prince Henry of Prussia, the future Kaiser Wilhelm II and his brother.

Zabór

Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887–1947), widow of German Emperor Wilhelm II (1859–1941), lived here from her husband's death until her flight in 1945.


Austro-Prussian War

The war left Prussia dominant in German politics (since Austria was now excluded from Germany and no longer the top German state), and German nationalism would compel the remaining independent states to ally with Prussia in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, and then to accede to the crowning of King Wilhelm as German Emperor.

Hanover–Altenbeken railway

From there, the Emperor rode over the 2.5 km long and chestnut-lined Kaiserallee (Emperor's Alley) to a hunting lodge in Saupark Springe, a game reserve.