Wilhelm I
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Wilhelm I was King of Prussia from 1861 and German Emperor from 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of a united Germany. He was regent o
Wilhelm I in 1884
Prince Wilhelm at age 13, c. 1810
Portrait of Prince Wilhelm, by Frederick Richard Say, c. 1848
Coronation of William I as King of Prussia at Königsberg Castle, 18 October 1861.
Frederick William III
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Frederick William III was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, when the empire was di
Wilhelm I
…William IV. During the reign of his grandson Wilhelm II, he was known as Emperor Wilhelm the Great (German: Kaiser Wilhelm der Große). The second son of Prince Frederick William and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Wilhelm was not expected to ascend to the throne. His grandfather, King Frederick William II died the year he was…
Portrait of Frederick William III, after an original by Franz Krüger, c. 1830s
Frederick William and his mother (1775)
Frederick William III during his early reign, by Nikolaus Lauer, c. 1797–98
Portrait of Frederick William III of Prussia by Thomas Lawrence, c. 1814–18