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Wilhelm’s father became Kaiser Frederick III of Germany in March 1888. Already ill with terminal throat cancer, he died after a reign of only several months.
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 fighting the disease before dying.
It was formally affirmed by a written statement from Wilhelm on 28 November while he was in exile in Amerongen, the Netherlands. The abdication ended the House of Hohenzollern 's 500-year rule over Prussia and its predecessor state, Brandenburg.
In 1888, Wilhelm's father succeeded as Frederick III. He died shortly afterwards, making Wilhelm kaiser at the age of 29.
Following a long battle with throat cancer, Emperor Frederick III died on June 15, 1888. Wilhelm II succeeded his father, becoming kaiser of Germany at the tender age of 29. Kaiser of Germany...
William II, German Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert known as Kaiser Wilhelm, (born Jan. 27, 1859, Potsdam, near Berlin, Prussia—died June 4, 1941, Doorn, Neth.), German emperor (kaiser) and king of Prussia (1888–1918).
Wilhelm II[b] (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last reigning German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, following the German Revolution. His reign ended the German Empire and the Hohenzollern dynasty's 300-year rule of Prussia.
Kaiser Wilhelm II's life in exile came to an end with his death on June 4, 1941, at the age of 82. His passing went largely unnoticed amidst the turmoil of World War II. Wilhelm was buried in a mausoleum on the grounds of Huis Doorn, as his request to be buried in Germany could not be fulfilled due to the ongoing conflict of WWII.
The German Emperor Wilhelm I died in Berlin on March 9, 1888, and Prince Wilhelm's father was proclaimed Emperor as Frederick III. He was already suffering from an incurable throat cancer and spent all 99 days of his reign fighting the disease before dying.
Wilhelm died on his estate on June 4, 1941. Nazi Party leader and new German chancellor Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) wanted to give him a state funeral in Berlin. However, Wilhelm had requested that he be buried in Doorn if he died while still in exile, and that request was honored. For More Information Books. Clark, Christopher M. Kaiser Wilhelm II.