History UsefulNotes / WilhelmII

* ''Film/TheKingsMan'' (2021). Portrayed by Creator/TomHollander, [[ActingForTwo who also portrayed]] King George V and Tsar Nicholas II, playing up the fact they were all cousins.

Wilhelm didn't bother involving himself in these intrigues. He wasn't too fond of the Nazis (and even less of the fact that some of his sons liked them), but had a pipe dream that they might one day help him to return Germany to the monarchy and still congratulated UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler for defeating France in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII 1940]]. He died in 1941, when the Netherlands were under Nazi occupation (having refused to return to Germany so long as monarchy wasn't reestablished) and is still resting there.

He was the grandson of UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria through his mother, which made him a first cousin of Tsar UsefulNotes/NicholasII of [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Russia]] and King [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor George V]] of [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedKingdom Great Britain]]. He ascended to the throne in 1888, "The Year of the Three Emperors" -- his grandfather Wilhelm I died of an illness in old age on March 9, 1888, then his father Frederick III died on June 15, 1888 from laryngeal cancer after reigning a mere three months.

He had a crippled arm, because an incompetent doctor messed up during his difficult birth. Many people claim this is the reason why he was (over) CompensatingForSomething, with his uniform fetish and building up the German navy (together with admiral Tirpitz), which had to tick off Britain. Also had a bad relationship with his mother, British-born Empress Victoria, who was in favor of liberalism and democracy. He fired Chancellor UsefulNotes/OttoVonBismarck after two years in office.

* ''Film/TheKingsMan'' (2021). Portrayed by Creator/TomHollander, [[ActingForTwo who also portrayed]] King George V and Tsar Nicholas II, playing up the fact they were cousins.

* ''Series/EdwardTheSeventh'' (1975). Portrayed by Creator/ChristopherNeame.

* ''WebOriginal/AnAmericanInBerlinRedux''

Wilhelm himself didn't involve himself in these intrigues. He wasn't too fond of the Nazis (and even less of the fact that some of his sons liked them), but had a pipe dream that they might one day help him to return Germany to the monarchy and still congratulated UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler for defeating France in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII 1940]]. He died in 1941, when the Netherlands were under Nazi occupation (having refused to return to Germany so long as monarchy wasn't reestablished) and is still resting there.

Wilhelm himself didn't involve himself in these intrigues. He wasn't too fond of the Nazis (and even less of the fact that some of his sons liked them), but had a pipe dream that they might one day help him to return Germany to the monarchy and still congratulated UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler for defeating France in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII 1940]]. He died in 1941, when the Netherlands were under Nazi occupation (having refused to return to Germany so long as monarchy wasn't reestablished).

He was the grandson of UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria through his mother, which made him a first cousin of Tsar UsefulNotes/NicholasII of [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Russia]] and King [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor George V]] of [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedKingdom Great Britain]]. He ascended to the throne in 1888, "The Year of the Three Emperors" -- his grandfather Wilhelm I died of an illness in old age on March 9, 1888, then his father Frederick III died on June 15, 1888 from laryngeal cancer.

Wanted "a place in the sun" for Germany. Infamously made his "Hun speech" during the Boxer Rebellion (making things easier for British propaganda in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI). Once met Annie Oakley in her [[TheWildWest Wild West show]] and volunteered for a stunt that could have backfired – she would shoot off the tip of a cigar he held in his hand.

Wilhelm himself didn't involve himself in these intrigues. He wasn't too fond of the Nazis (and even less of the fact that some of his sons liked them), but had a pipe dream that they might one day help him to return Germany to the monarchy and still congratulated UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler for defeating France in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII 1940]]. He died in 1941, when the Netherlands were under Nazi occupation.

Wilhelm himself didn't involve himself in these intrigues. He wasn't too fond of the Nazis (and even less of the fact that some of his sons liked them), but had a pipe dream that they might one day help him to return Germany to the monarchy and still congratulated UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler for defeating France in 1940. He died in 1941, when the Netherlands were under Nazi occupation.

Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert of the House of Hohenzollern; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the third, longest-reigning and last [[TheEmperor Kaiser]] of UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany and the last [[UsefulNotes/PrussianKings King]] of UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}} from 1888 until his abdication in 1918 at the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, marking the end of the Hohenzollerns' 300-year reign in Prussia and 500-year reign in Brandenburg.

Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert of the House of Hohenzollern; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the third, the longest-reigning and the last [[TheEmperor Kaiser]] of UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany and the last [[UsefulNotes/PrussianKings King]] of UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}} from 1888 until his abdication in 1918 at the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, marking the end of the Hohenzollerns' 300-year reign in Prussia and 500-year reign in Brandenburg.

Throughout the 1930s, many of the rightists who were not content with Nazi rule quietly agitated for a return to monarchy, which was not as impossible as it sounds, as Wilhelm had been the last German ruler with broad appeal across the country in most people's living memory and would have had the support of conservative traditionalists, and the leftists who were being cracked down on like walnuts would have settled for just about anyone.

Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert of the House of Hohenzollern; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the third and last [[TheEmperor Kaiser]] of UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany and last [[UsefulNotes/PrussianKings King]] of UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}} from 1888 until his abdication in 1918 at the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, marking the end of the Hohenzollerns' 300-year reign in Prussia and 500-year reign in Brandenburg.

Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert of the House of Hohenzollern; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last [[TheEmperor Kaiser]] of UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany and last [[UsefulNotes/PrussianKings King]] of UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}} from 1888 until his abdication in 1918 at the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, marking the end of the Hohenzollerns' 300-year reign in Prussia and 500-year reign in Brandenburg.