Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany

HIM The Emperor of Germany
Titles	Emperor of Germany King of Prussia
Reign	2 January 1861 - 9 March 1888 as King of Prussia 1 January 1871 - 9 March 1888 as Emperor of Germany
Coronation	18 October 1861
Predecessor	King Frederick William IV as King of Prussia
Successor	Frederick III
Biographical Information
Born	22 March 1797 Berlin, Prussia, Holy Roman Empire
Died	9 March 1888 (aged 90) Berlin, Prussia, Germany
Spouse	Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (m. 1829; d. 1888)
Issue	Frederick III Princess Louise
Name	Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig William Frederick Louis
House	Hohenzollern
Father	King William Frederick III of Prussia
Mother	Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Religion	Evangelical Church of Germany

General

Life

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Marriage and Issue

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Photo	Name	Birth	Death	Marriage
	Frederick III	18 October 1831	15 June 1888 (aged 56)	Victoria, Princess Royal (m. 1858); had issue
	Princess Louise	3 December 1838	23 April 1923 (aged 84)	Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden (m. 1856); had issue

Titles and Honours

• 1797-1797 Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
• 1797-1861 Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Prussia
• 1861-1871 Wilhelm, King of Prussia
• 1871-1888 Wilhelm, Emperor of Germany

Ancestry

Parents	Grandparents	Great-Grandparents	Great-Great-Grandparents
King William Frederick III of Prussia	King Frederick William II of Prussia Princess Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt	Prince Augustus William of Prussia Princess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt Princess Caroline of Zweibrucken	King Frederick William I of Prussia Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover Duke Ferdinand Albert II of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg Count Palatine Christian III of Zweibrucken Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrucken
Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Grand Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt	Prince Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg	Duke Adolphus Frederick II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Princess Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Duke Ernest Frederick I of Saxe-Hildburghausen Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rodelheim