He was the eldest grandson of the British Queen Victoria and related to many monarchs and princes of Europe. Wilhelm II or William II was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. ![]() During its brief existence Germany has had a profound effect - for good and for bad - on human history. While various "Germanic" peoples have occupied northern-central Europe for thousands of years, the modern political entity known as "Germany" is extremely young, created almost singlehandedly by the brilliant Prussian politician Otto von Bismarck some 140 years ago.
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