Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm II Viktor Albert von Preußen

1859 - 1941  (82 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Friedrich Wilhelm II Viktor Albert von Preußen
  Prefix	Kaiser
  Born	27 Jan 1859	Berlin, DE
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Jun 1941	Huis Doorn, Doorn, Ut, NL
  Buried	Doorn, Utrecht, NL
  Person ID	I5091	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	22 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Kaiser Friedrich III Wilhelm Nikolaus von Preußen,   b. 18 Oct 1831, Neues Palais, Potsdam ,   d. 15 Jun 1888, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Preussen, DE  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Victoria Adelaide Maria von Sachsen-Coburg,   b. 21 Nov 1840, Buckingham Palace ,   d. 5 Aug 1901, Friedrichshof  (Age 60 years)
  Married	25 Jan 1858	St James's Palace, Lon
  Siblings	7 siblings
  + 1. Victoria Elisabeth Charlott von Preußen,   b. 24 Jul 1860, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Preussen, DE ,   d. 1 Oct 1919, Baden-Baden, DE  (Age 59 years)   2. Prinz Albert Wilhelm Heinrich von Preußen,   b. 14 Aug 1862, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Preussen, DE ,   d. 20 Apr 1929, Hemmelmark, Schleswig-Holstein  (Age 66 years)   3. Prinz Sigismund von Preußen,   b. 15 Sep 1864, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Preussen, DE ,   d. 18 Jun 1866, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Preussen, DE  (Age 1 years)   4. Prinzessin Friederike Amalie Wilhelmine Viktoria von Preußen,   b. 12 Apr 1866, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Preussen, DE ,   d. 13 Nov 1929, Bonn, NRh.-Wf., D  (Age 63 years)   5. Prinz Joachim Friedrich Ernst Woldemar von Preußen,   b. 10 Feb 1868, Berlin, DE ,   d. 27 Mar 1879, Berlin, DE  (Age 11 years)   6. Sophie Dorothea Ulricke von Preußen,   b. 14 Jun 1870, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Preussen, DE ,   d. 13 Jan 1932, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, DE  (Age 61 years)   7. Margarete Beatrice Feodora von Preußen,   b. 22 Apr 1872, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Preussen, DE ,   d. 22 Jan 1954, Kronberg  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F2070	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Auguste Viktoria von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg,   b. 22 Oct 1858, Schloss Dolzig ,   d. 11 Apr 1921, Huis Doorn, Doorn, Ut, NL  (Age 62 years)
  Married	27 Feb 1881	Berlijn
  Children	1. Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor August Ernst von Preußen,   b. 6 May 1882, Marmorpalais, Potsdam ,   d. 20 Jul 1951, Hechingen  (Age 69 years)   2. Prinz Wilhelm Eitel Friedrich Christian Karl von Preußen,   b. 7 Jul 1883, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Preussen, DE ,   d. 8 Dec 1942, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Preussen, DE  (Age 59 years)   3. Adalbert Ferdinand Berengar von Preußen,   b. 14 Jul 1884, Marmorpalais, Potsdam ,   d. 22 Sep 1948, La Tour de Peilz, b.Montreux, CH  (Age 64 years)   4. August Wilhelm Heinrich Günther Viktor V von Preußen,   b. 29 Jan 1887, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Preussen, DE ,   d. 25 Mar 1949, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, D  (Age 62 years)   5. Oskar Karl Gustav Adolf von Preußen,   b. 27 Jul 1888, Marmorpalais, Potsdam ,   d. 27 Jan 1958, München, Bayern  (Age 69 years)   6. Joachim Franz Hubert von Preußen,   b. 17 Dec 1890, Berlin, DE ,   d. 18 Jul 1920, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Preussen, DE  (Age 29 years)   7. Prinzessin Viktoria Luise von Preußen,   b. 13 Sep 1892, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Preussen, DE ,   d. 11 Dec 1980, Hannover  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000
  Family ID	F2072	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Hermine Reuß von Greiz,   b. 17 Dec 1887, Greiz ,   d. 7 Aug 1947, Frankfurt a.d. Oder  (Age 59 years)
  Married	5 Dec 1922	Doorn, Utrecht, NL
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000
  Family ID	F2071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 27 Jan 1859 - Berlin, DE Married - 5 Dec 1922 - Doorn, Utrecht, NL Died - 4 Jun 1941 - Huis Doorn, Doorn, Ut, NL Buried - - Doorn, Utrecht, NL  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Wilhelm II; Deutscher Kaiser u. Kg. v. Preußen, Markgf zu Brandenburg, Burggf zu Nürnberg, Gf zu Hohenzollern, souv. u. oberster Hzg v. Schlesien wie auch der Gfschaft Glatz, Ghzg v. Niedrrh in u. Posen, Hzg. zu Sachsen, Westfalen u. Engern, zu Pommern, Lüneburg, Holstein u. Schleswig, zu Magdeburg, Bremen, Geldern, Kleve, Jülich u. begr sowie auch der Wenden u. Kassuben, zu Krossen, Lauenburg, Mecklenburg, Ldgf zu Hessen u. Thüringen, Markgf der O- u. NLausitz, Pr. v. Oranien, Fst zu Rügen, zu Ostfriesland, zu Paderborn u. Pyrmont, zu Halberstadt, Münster, Minden, Osnabrück, Hildesheim, zu Verden, Kammin, Fulda, Nassau u. Mörs, gefürsteter Gf zu Henneberg, Gf der Mark u. zu Ravensberg, zu Hohenstein, Tecklenburg u. Lingen, zu Mansfeld, Sigmaringen u. Veringen, Herr zu Frankfurt. Folgt seinem Vater 15.6.1888. "Ceasar" ************************************ Emperor Wilhelm I dies 9-Mar-1888. Frederick III is crowned Emperor but cannot rule due to throat cancer and a ninety-nine day coma. Wilhelm II succeeds his father and is crowned Emperor (midyear) 1888. Politics: Above all, the Kaiser wanted "a place in the sun" for the German people. The problem was the only places left were in the shade. There was very little room left for new colonization in the early part of this century. Never the less the Kaiser built up the German military machine and under the Tirpitz Plan, built a naval fleet to rival that of Great Britain. The term "saber rattler" sums up his politics as well as his personality. Historian Barbara Tuchman put it well when she referred to the Kaiser as "possessor of the least inhibited tongue in Europe". Personal: The Kaiser was born with a withered left arm (like FDR's polio, this defect was pretty well covered up and is visible in only a few photographs). This, together with having some tough footsteps in which to follow, led Wilhelm towards the military lifestyle. He loved his numerous uniforms and surrounding himself with the elite of German military society. Misconception: The Kaiser was a war monger solely responsible for the First World War. The Kaiser did not start the war. The Kaiser did not want the war. "Saber rattling" is one thing, a war with the other major European powers is something very different indeed! The most that can be said is that the Kaiser did not do enough to try to control the actions of Austria-Hungary and prevent the outbreak of war. In the end he accepted war. Fate: The Kaiser was forced to abdicate as part of the Armistice. He went to Holland. "only fit to live in a country house and grow turnips" The Kaiser on Czar Nicholas II "a very nice boy" The Kaiser on King George V (only six years his junior) "bear yourselves as Huns of Attila" The Kaiser to troops heading for the Boxer Rebellion in China "He is satan, you cannot imagine what a satan he is" The Kaiser on King Edward VII "a spirited note, what?" The Kaiser on the ultimatum to Serbia "A great moral victory for Vienna, but with it, every reason for war disappears." The Kaiser on the Serbian reply to the ultimatum "Gentlemen, you will regret this." The Kaiser to the general staff on the decision to mobilize