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Wilhelm I Quotes

19th-century German Emperor and King of Prussia (1797–1888)

William I, or in German Wilhelm I. (full name: William Frederick Louis of Hohenzollern, 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888), of the House of Hohenzollern, was King of Prussia from 2 January 1861 and the first German Emperor from 18 January 1871 to his death, the first head of state of a united Germany.

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Alternative Names: William I • Wilhelm I of Germany • William I of Germany • William I, German Emperor • Wilhelm I, German Emperor • King William I of Prussia

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Die Wendung, die derselbe einmal einem Vertrauten gegenüber gebraucht haben soll: „Es ist nicht leicht, unter einem solchen Kanzler Kaiser zu sein", klingt glaubhaft. - Ludwig Bamberger: Bismarck postumus. 1899. S. 8 books.google

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