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The following image is a family tree of every prince, king, queen, monarch, confederation president and emperor of Germany, from Charlemagne in 800 over Louis the German in 843 through to Wilhelm II in 1918. It shows how almost every single ruler of Germany was related to every other by marriages, and hence they can all be put into a single tree.
Wilhelm II [b] (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty's 300-year rule of Prussia.
However, these claims are not recognised by the Federal Republic of Germany or anyone else, this included the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany and West or East Germany. In 1933 Prince William renounced his claim to the former throne when he married Dorothea von Salviati, in 1940 William II accepted Dorothea and his daughters Felicitas and Christa ...
The German emperor's speeches: being a selection from the speeches, edicts, letters, and telegrams of the Emperor William II; Works by or about Abdication of Wilhelm II at the Internet Archive, mostly in German "William II. of Germany" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
Emperor Wilhelm II: German Empire: 9 November 1918: King Wilhelm II: Kingdom of Prussia: 13 November 1918: King Ludwig III: Kingdom of Bavaria: 13 November 1918: King Frederick Augustus III: Kingdom of Saxony: 30 November 1918: King William II: Kingdom of Württemberg: 22 November 1918: Grand Duke Frederick II: Grand Duchy of Baden: 9 November ...
At the end of World War I during the German Revolution all the monarchies in Germany were abolished, King William II abdicated on 30 November 1918. When former King William II died in 1921 the senior branch line of the House of Württemberg became extinct, the headship of the House passed to a distant relative, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg.
King William II, the third son of William the Conqueror, was known as William Rufus. He reigned as King of England from 1087 until his death in 1100, at which point his younger brother, Prince ...
William II, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels (1671–1731) William II, Elector of Hesse (1777–1847) William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849), Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Duke of Limburg; William II of Bimbia (died 1882), known as Young King William; William II of Württemberg (1848–1921) William II, German Emperor (1859–1941)