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William I, German Emperor

1797 - 1888

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Wilhelm I (William I;Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888) was King of Prussia from 1861 and German Emperor from 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of a united Germany. He was regent of Prussia from 1858 to 1861 for his brother Frederick William IV. During the reign of his grandson Wilhelm II, he was known as Emperor Wilhelm the Great (German: Kaiser Wilhelm der Große). The second son of Prince Frederick William and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Wilhelm was not expected to ascend to the throne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William I, German Emperor is the 204th most popular politician (down from 196th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Germany (up from 56th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Politician.

William I, German Emperor is most famous for being the first emperor of a unified Germany.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William I, German Emperor ranks 204 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Louis XVII of France, Cardinal Richelieu, James V of Scotland, Harald Bluetooth, and Philip II of Macedon. After him are Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Kösem Sultan, Isabella I of Castile, Artaxerxes I of Persia, Bill Clinton, and Pol Pot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, William I, German Emperor ranks 2. Before him is Franz Schubert. After him are Heinrich Heine, Gaetano Donizetti, Mary Shelley, Adolphe Thiers, Hiroshige, Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan, Ghalib, Joseph Henry, Paul Delaroche, and Charles Lyell. Among people deceased in 1888, William I, German Emperor ranks 1. After him are Louisa May Alcott, John Stith Pemberton, John Bosco, Frederick III, German Emperor, Rudolf Clausius, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Carl Zeiss, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Nikolay Przhevalsky, François Achille Bazaine, and Anton Mauve.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William I, German Emperor ranks 55 out of 7,253. Before him are Christian IX of Denmark (1818), Robert Koch (1843), Marlene Dietrich (1901), Alexander von Humboldt (1769), Thomas Mann (1875), and Gerd Müller (1945). After him are Adolf Eichmann (1906), Georg Ohm (1789), Hildegard of Bingen (1098), Erwin Rommel (1891), Jacques Offenbach (1819), and Heinrich Hertz (1857).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, William I, German Emperor ranks 13. Before him are Angela Merkel (1954), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), Heinrich Himmler (1900), Hermann Göring (1893), and Christian IX of Denmark (1818). After him are Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), Konrad Adenauer (1876), Reinhard Heydrich (1904), Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), Helmut Kohl (1930), and Martin Bormann (1900).

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