Wilhelm II

## **Emperor of Germany and King Prussia**

### **Cause of Death**

Impaled by a convertible automobile with a propulsion grappling hook gun protruding from the front at chest-level

### **Parents**

Frederick III, German EmperorVictoria, Princess Royal

### Coat of Arms

**Kaiser Wilhelm II** (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from his coronation on 15 June 1888 to his exile in 9 November 1924, though some mark the end of his reign as the overthrow of the Imperial Government on 9 November 1918 during the German Revolution. Wilhelm II's rule was distinguished by his inability to suppress socialist activity, his disastrous attempts to suppress the growing Liberal Faction within his own cabinet, and for his frequent and highly controversial tirades, rants, speeches, and interviews, often times directed at Jews, Brits, and children. Following the defeat of his heavily divided forces by the socialists in the Vierseitiger Krieg, Wilhelm II attempted to flee to the Italian Federal Republic, where Duce Gabriele D'Annunzio (who had assumed power just days earlier) refused to allow him to stay within Italian territory for fear of provoking the German Communists. However, D'Annunzio did allow Wilhelm to pass through Italy and stay in the microstate of San Marino in exchange for his Order of the Iron Cross.. During his exile, now referred to as the Nervige Kaiser, he generated large amounts of unrest, such as stalking and harassing fellow exile Pope Pius XI , and having his personal band play the Koniggratzer Marsch with a bass so heavy that it received 15,302 noise complains; the San Marinan population at the time was 15,302 inhabitants. In 1934, the Pope had a restraining order placed on Wilhelm that covered all of Sammarinese territory and thus forced Wilhelm to relocate to France, then several more countries before settling in the United States; this period is referred to as Fetter Kaiser.

## Exile in San Marino

The **Nervige Kaiser** (English: "Annoying Kaiser") is the term used to refer to the exiled German Emperor **Wilhelm II's** stay in the microstate Republic of San Marino. During his stay, the former Kaiser displayed little regard for Summarinese customs and law, frequently causing trouble and angering his fellow citizens. The Nervige Kaiser lasted from the beginning of his exile in 1921, when Gabriele d'Annunzio allowed him passage through Italy in exchange for Wilhelm's Order of the Iron Cross, to 1934, when Pope Pius XI - who was also exiled in San Marino - had a restraining order filed against Wilhelm, which, due to the country's extremely small size, exceeded the state borders and thus forced Wilhelm to depart from the country, where he menacingly stared at the Pope through binoculars on several occasions before being arrested by Italian border police and being forcibly relocated to France, then Britain, the Netherlands, and finally the United States in 1936, where he met Herbert Hoover and roasted him on live radio; while the Nervige Kaiser only refers to his exile in San Marino, the period in the aforementioned countries is often referred to as Fetter Kaiser, or "Fat Kaiser".

## Exile in Europe and the United States

**Fetter Kaiser** (English: "Fat Kaiser") is the term used to refer to dethroned Kaiser **Wilhelm II** and his stay in France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. Though sometimes also referred to as Nervige Kaiser, that term is generally reserved for his stay in the Republic of San Marino and his two journeys through the borders of the Italian Federation. The term "Fetter Kaiser" is derrived from an incident in which Wilhelm, while at a state dinner hosted by Winston Churchill in England, devoured an entire plate of scones before stealing a steak off of Churchill's plate.