Who's Who of Europe pre WWI
The image above is a gathering of relatives of Queen Victoria. In the left hand of the picture, in the front, is Kaiser Wilhelm II, behind him, Tsar Nicholas II and behind him Edward VII. All were related to Queen Victoria and each other although this had little bearing in what was to come.
Kaiser Wilhelm IIWilhelm II or William II was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918.
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Otto von Bismark
Von Bismarck was Chancellor of Germany from 1871 to 1890. He was responsible for a series of alliances in Europe, ensuring that Germany was protected from other European countries during this period.
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