In 1787, King Frederick William II married von Voß as his second wife, with prior consultation from his first wife, Queen Frederica Louise of Prussia. In November of that year, she was appointed ...

In 1871, William of Prussia was declared the first German emperor. His reign ended upon his death March 9, 1888, and he was succeeded by his son, Frederick III.

William I of Prussia ascended the throne of Frederick the Great and appointed Count Otto von Bismarck Minister-President of Prussia. Bismarck set out to unite the German States. He also planned to ...

It is not the parliament that must grant it. With this terse statement, Frederick William IV of Prussia rejected the title of Kaiser der Deutschen (Emperor of the Germans) offered to him by the ...