Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, this biography examines the complex personality of Germany's last emperor.

"Wilhelm II or William II (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht; English: Frederick William Victor Albert) (27 January 1859? 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the ...

As assessment of the Kaiser's character and its implications on Imperial German history.

The present work is intended to give its readers a rapid view of the young Emperor's character and public action, with so much of history and political review as may be needed to a full sketch of a personage of such weight and value, and of ...

The present work is intended to give its readers a rapid view of the young Emperor's character and public action, with so much of history and political review as may be needed to a full sketch of a personage of such weight and value, and of ...

Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Augustus Ernst Hohenzollern of Prussia (1882-1951) was the son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack (1916) on Verdun.

History of a royal family with more than its share of tragedy and disaster

... German beliefs 6, 7, 10 retreats to Dolzig 11 ruined by Bismarck 10 Second Schleswig War and 9 serves in Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) 16, 31 Frederick VIII, King of Denmark 243 Frederick Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Prussia (later German Crown ...

... Greece 138 Frederick Charles, Landgrave of Hesse 37, 99, 103, 116, 151 Frederick Charles of Hesse-Cassel, Prince 85 ... II, King of Prussia (Frederick the Great) 9, 20, 150, 159 Frederick VIII, King of Denmark 72 Frederick William ...