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William I, German emperor from 1871, as well as king of Prussia from 1861, a sovereign whose conscientiousness and self-restraint fitted him for collaboration with stronger statesmen in raising his monarchy and the house of Hohenzollern to predominance in Germany. He was the second son of the.

German Emperorpronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃɐ ˈkaɪzɐ]) was the official title of the hereditary ruler German Empire. A specifically chosen term, it was introduced with the 1 January 1871 constitution and lasted until the official abdication of Wilhelm II on 9 November 1918. [1]

Proclamation of the German Empire with William I Hohenzollern as German Emperor; Constitution of the German Empire; Franco-Prussian War and the Treaty of Frankfurt. The territories (later called "Alsace–Lorraine") eventually annexed into the German Empire from France under intensified Germanization of the French; Kulturkampf

On 18 January 1871, Friedrich Wilhelm I of Hohenzollern was crowned as the first emperor of a united Germany in Versailles. See how the Guardian reported events

Wilhelm II (1859-1941) was the last German kaiser (emperor) and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, and one of the most recognizable public figures of World War I (1914-18). He gained a reputation ...

Kaiser Wilhelm I ( Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig von Hohenzollern; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888) of the Hohenzollern family was a king of Prussia from January 2, 1861 – 9 March 1888. He was the first German Emperor (18 January 1871 – 9 March 1888). In English, his first name means "William", which is sometimes used instead.

This article argues that the German emperor Wilhelm I drew on self-staging, symbolic acts and monarchical federalism to establish himself as the new polity’s figurehead after 1871.

William I or Wilhelm I was King of Prussia from 2 January 1861 and German emperor from 18 January 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of a united Germany.