Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
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Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein was the last German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to Wilhelm II, German Emperor.
Augusta Victoria in 1888
German State Prussia, Wedding Medal 1881 Prince Wilhelm and Auguste Victoria, obverse.
The reverse shows the couple in Medieval costumes in front of 3 squires carrying the shields of Prussia, Germany, and Schleswig-Holstein.
Portrait of the Queen of Prussia, by Philip de Laszlo, 1908.
Wilhelm II
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Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire and the House of Hohenzollern's 300-year reign in Prussia and 500-year reign in Brandenburg.
Wilhelm II in 1902
Wilhelm in 1867, aged 8
Otto von Bismarck, the Chancellor who dominated German policy making until Wilhelm II assumed the throne in 1888
"Dropping the Pilot" by John Tenniel, published in Punch on 29 March 1890, two weeks after Bismarck's forced resignation as Chancellor