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Also Known As Friedrich Wilhelm • Frederick William
Born October 18, 1831 • Potsdam • Germany
Died June 15, 1888 (aged 56) • Potsdam • Germany
Title / Office emperor (1888-1888), Germany • king (1888-1888), Prussia
House / Dynasty Hohenzollern dynasty
Notable Family Members spouse Victoria • father William I • mother Augusta • son William II

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Frederick III, 1884
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Eduard Lasker, engraving, 1861
Eduard Lasker
Prussian politician
Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
Helmuth von Moltke
German general [1800–1891]
Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Virchow
German scientist
William II.
William II
emperor of Germany
William I
William I
emperor of Germany
Bernhard, Fürst von Bülow
Bernhard, prince von Bülow
chancellor of Germany
Joseph Maria von Radowitz.
Joseph Maria von Radowitz
Prussian diplomat
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
German statesman
Leo, Graf von Caprivi
Leo, count von Caprivi
German chancellor
Treitschke, Heinrich von
Heinrich von Treitschke
German historian
Chlodwig Karl Viktor, prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst
Chlodwig Karl Viktor, prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
German chancellor
Heinrich von Sybel
German historian
Rudolf von Bennigsen
German politician
Gneist, detail from an etching by W. Krauskopf, 1894
Rudolf von Gneist
German jurist
Rudolph von Delbrück
German statesman
Severing, Carl
Carl Severing
German politician
Albrecht, count von Bernstorff
Prussian statesman
“Father of gymnastics”
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
German educator
Reinhard Gehlen
German general
Oskar Lafontaine
German politician

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