![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to its smaller size, the arm was useless for such ordinary tasks as cutting certain foods with a knife at mealtime. His birth had been traumatic in the course of a complicated delivery, the doctor permanently damaged Wilhelm’s left arm. ![]() Wilhelm’s childhood was shaped by two events, one medical and one political. His ties to Britain through its royal family would play an important part in his later political maneuvering.ĭid you know? Kaiser Wilhelm II was reportedly amused when he heard his cousin King George V (1865-1936) had changed the name of the British royal family from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor in 1917 as a result of anti-German sentiment in Britain during World War I. The future monarch was the queen’s firstborn grandchild and was genuinely fond of her in fact, he was holding her in his arms when she died. Kaiser Wilhelm II was born in Potsdam, Germany, on January 27, 1859, the son of Prince Frederick Wilhelm of Prussia (1831-88) and Princess Victoria (1840-1901), the oldest daughter of Queen Victoria (1819-1901). ![]()
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