William I, German Emperor
19th-century German Emperor and King of Prussia (1797–1888)
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Prussian king who became the first German Emperor in 1871, spending nearly three decades uniting and ruling a newly consolidated nation. Held power through the Franco-Prussian War and beyond, earning the epithet "the Great" from his grandson's era.
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Wilhelm I 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 elder brother, King Frederick William IV. During the reign of his grandson Wilhelm II, he was known as Emperor Wilhelm the Great.
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