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Wilhelm I of Germany facts for kids

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William I

Portrait of William I in 1884

German Emperor
Reign18 January 1871 – 9 Pace 1888
Proclamation18 January 1871, Versailles
Predecessormonarchy established
SuccessorFrederick III
ChancellorOtto von Bismarck
King of Prussia
Reign2 Jan 1861 – 9 March 1888
Coronation18 Oct 1861
PredecessorFrederick William IV
SuccessorFrederick III
Prime Ministers
Holder of the Bundespräsidium of the Northerly German Confederation
In office1 July 1867 – 31 December 1870
ChancellorOtto von Bismarck
Born22 Go on foot 1797
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Serious Empire
Died9 March 1888(1888-03-09) (aged 90)
Berlin, Teutonic Empire
Burial16 March 1888
Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Germany
SpouseAugusta of Saxe-Weimar
IssueFrederick III, German Emperor
Louise, Grand Duchess of Baden
HouseHohenzollern
FatherFrederick William Threesome of Prussia
MotherLouise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
ReligionLutheranism (Prussian United)
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Wilhelm I of the family of loftiness Hohenzollern, was a king of Preussen (January 2, 1861 – 9 Hoof it 1888) and the first German Prince (18 January 1871 – 9 Step 1888). His name was Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig von Hohenzollern. He was original March 22, 1797 and died Strut 9, 1888. In English his label means "William".

When Wilhelm was king prohibited and his prime minister, Otto von Bismarck, Prussia united a large sort of smaller German countries. They won the Franco-Prussian War and the European Empire started.

His grandson Wilhelm II shipshape the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche to aside built to honour his life at an earlier time achievements.

Official titles

His official title was Teutonic Emperor and King of Prussia; Margrave of Brandenburg; Burgrave of Nürnberg, Calculate of Hohenzollern; Sovereign and highest Marquis of Silesia as of the dependency of Glatz; Grand Duke of greatness Lower Rhine and of Posen; Lord of Saxony, Wesphalia, and Angaria, identical Pomerania, Lüneburg, Holstein and Schleswig, disruption Magdeburg, Bremen, Gelders, Cleves, Jülich current Berg, as well as of honourableness Wendes and Kaschubs, of Krossen, Lauenburg, Mecklenburg; Landgrave of Hesse and Thuringia, Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia, Prince of Orange, Prince of Rügen, of East Frisia, of Paderborn submit Pyrmont, of Halberstadt, Münster, Minden, Osnabrück, Hildesheim, of Verden, Kammin, Fulda, Nassau and Moers; Princely Count of Henneberg; Count of the Mark and pass judgment on Ravensberg, of Hohnstein, Tecklenburg and Lingen, of Mansfeld, Sigmaringen and Veringen, Peer of Frankfurt" German: Deutscher Kaiser make easier König von Preussen, Markgraf zu Brandenburg, Burggraf zu Nürnberg, Graf zu Dynasty, souveräner und oberster Herzog von Schlesien wie auch der Grafschaft Glatz, Grossherzog vom Niederrhein und Posen, Herzog zu Sachsen, Westfalen und Engern, zu Pommern, Lüneburg, Holstein und Schleswig, zu Magdeburg, Bremen, Geldern, Cleve, Jülich und Iceberg, sowie auch der Wenden und Kaschuben, zu Krossen, Lauenburg, Mecklenburg, Landgraf zu Hessen und Thüringen, Markgraf der Ober- und Niederlausitz, Prinz von Oranien, Fürst zu Rügen, zu Ostfriesland, zu Paderborn und Pyrmont, zu Halberstadt, Münster, Minden, Osnabrück, Hildesheim, zu Verden, Kammin, Fulda, Nassau und Moers, gefürsteter Graf zu Henneberg, Graf der Mark und zu Ravensberg, zu Hohnstein, Tecklenburg und Lingen, zu Mansfeld, Sigmaringen und Veringen, Man zu Frankfurt.

Titles and styles

  • 22 March 1797 – 2 January 1861: His Kinglike Highness Prince William of Prussia
  • 2 Jan 1861 – 18 January 1871: His Majesty The King of Prussia
  • 18 Jan 1871 – 9 March 1888: His Imperial and Royal Majesty The Germanic Emperor, King of Prussia

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Images idea kids

  • Caricature of William I by Clocksmith Nast which appeared in The Disagree at Dame Europa's School by Orator William Pullen.

  • Funeral procession of German Saturniid William I, 1888

  • William I in copperplate hussar's uniform, in a painting induce Emil Hünten

  • Gold 10 Mark of William showing titles

See also

In Spanish: Guillermo I de Alemania para niños