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Kaiser Wilhelm I died in Berlin on 9 March 1888, and Prince Wilhelm's father ascended the throne as Frederick III. He was already experiencing an incurable throat cancer and spent all 99 days of his reign fighting the disease before dying.
In early 1888, Wilhelm II’s father finally ascended to the throne. There was just one problem; he was severely ill. After just 99 days as Kaiser, Wilhelm II’s father succumbed to throat cancer, paving the way for Wilhelm II to claim what was his: the German Empire.
Wilhelm’s father became Kaiser Frederick III of Germany in March 1888. Already ill with terminal throat cancer, he died after a reign of only several months.
William II was the German emperor (kaiser) and king of Prussia from 1888 to the end of World War I in 1918, known for his frequently militaristic manner as well as for his vacillating policies. William was the eldest child of Crown Prince Frederick (later Emperor Frederick III) and of Victoria, the.
While growing up, Wilhelm resisted attempts by his parents to raise him with liberal ideology and gradually became a supporter of autocratic rule. Upon the death of his father, Wilhelm inherited the crown of German emperor (Kaiser) as well as the King of Prussia, at the age of 29.
William II, German Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert known as Kaiser Wilhelm, (born Jan. 27, 1859, Potsdam, near Berlin, Prussia—died June 4, 1941, Doorn, Neth.), German emperor (kaiser) and king of Prussia (1888–1918). Son of the future Frederick III and grandson of Britain’s Queen Victoria, William succeeded his father to the throne in 1888.
Wilhelm was born on 27 January 1859 and was the oldest child in his family. His father was Prince Frederick of Prussia. His mother was Princess Victoria, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. He was born with a disabled left arm. He married in 1881 Augusta Victoria.
Venerated as a father figure, he died in 1888 at the ripe old age of 91. His son and successor Friedrich Wilhelm (1831–1888) was hailed already as crown prince as a new-generation hope for liberal sensibilities, but was gravely ill.
Next to the throne. The German Emperor Wilhelm I died in Berlin on March 9, 1888, and Prince Wilhelm's father was proclaimed Emperor as Frederick III. He was already suffering from an incurable throat cancer and spent all 99 days of his reign fighting the disease before dying.
Wilhelm's father, King Friedrich III, was next in line for the throne, but he died after a reign of only ninety-nine days. Thus Wilhelm II succeeded to the throne within months of both his grandfather's and his father' deaths.