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    BornPrince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia · 27 January 1859 · Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin, Prussia
    Died4 June 1941 (aged 82) · Huis Doorn, Doorn, German-occupied Netherlands
    SpousesAugusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein · (m. 1881; died 1921) · Hermine Reuss of Greiz · (m. 1922)
    Early life

    Wilhelm was born in Berlin on 27 January 1859—at the Crown Prince's Palace—to Victoria, Princess Royal ("Vicky") and Prince Frederick William of Prussia ("Fritz", the future Frederick III). His mother, Vicky, was the eldest c… See more

    Accession

    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 fightin… See more