What happened to Kaiser Wilhelm II and his family after the First World War ended?

Question

Apologies, I may have got his name wrong, the German King during the First World War. What happened to him and his family?

Answer 1

He declined King George V's offer to live in England, so ironic as George V refused refuge to the Tsar who was his ALLy during World War One, but his wife Queen Mary wanted to buy up Romanoff jewells cheap. So he offered asylum to Kaiser Wilhelm II, his ENEMY during World War One. However, the Kaiser declined it and chose to live instead in The Netherlands, where he continued to be the head of Society to monarchist German aristocrats. Between the wars and during World War Two, huis cottage was a stop for most German officers, including Nazis. Wilhelm II was a critic of Hitler purely on the basis of snobbery (read, "Royal Babylon") but half of his royal family, the house of Hohenzollern, became members of the nazi party. They are still around, though not in power politically. True German aristocrats pretty much are in support of them in theory, though some focus more on the restoration of their own local monarchies. (There were 26 German kings UNDER the Kaiser in World War One, and many Bavarian monarchists would prefer simply to restore the house of Wittelsbach to a separate Bavarian kingdom than to restore the Reich.)

Other Germanic monarchists seem to focus more on the Habsburg dynasty in Autria...which, remember, until 1810 usually served as Holy Roman Emperours over Catholic German kingdoms that later (1870s) were incorporated into the Prussian Hohenzollerns' "Second" Reich. But yes, the Hohenzollern family is still around. Just not much in the public spotlight. You can wiki the Kaiser and follow the links.

Answer 2

Kaiser Wilhelm Ii

Answer 3

Kaiser Wilhelm The Second

Answer 4

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What happened to Kaiser Wilhelm II and his family after the First World War ended?

Apologies, I may have got his name wrong, the German King during the First World War. What happened to him and his family?

Answer 5

Yeah, the kaiser should have been hanged along with all those who took decisions and were eager to launch the great war, if it were for them to be hanged in order of their eagerness, he would be among the last in the queue and some famous French and English gentlemen among the first, there would be also some austro-hungarians to show everyone the way and lead all of them to the scaffolds. The fact that Germany and Russia had the strongest armies and were better prepared for the war doesn't mean yet they were desperate to launch it. Usually it's the small bullies who launch a fight and the elder and stronger brothers who break their jaws in the end while defending their little brats of smaller brothers.

Answer 6

lee f, Victoria's grandson Kaiser Wilhelm was not a Nazi (the Nazi party did not exist during his reign), and the monarchy of the Netherlands was separate from that of Germany. There is no monarchy in Germany today, and the Queen of the Netherlands is not a descendant of Kaiser Wilhelm. Her father had some relatives who were Nazis in Germany, but he cut off contact with them and worked against Germany on behalf of the Dutch.



But yes, the former Kaiser did "retire" to exile in the Netherlands, which had been a neutral nation during the World War I. He seems to have been interested in Nazism once it arose but also made a number of negative comments about it. You can read about his life in exile on the site below and also follow links to articles about his children.

Answer 7

Kaiser Wilhelm ii fled to the Netherlands and died in exile there in 1941

Answer 8

The first battalion of troops stationed anywhere was a british regiment in iraq. The germans were building an extension of there Berlin to Constantinople railway, they were extending it to Baghdad. The first world war was a war about oil mainly. But had other agendas it needed to resolve. Most of what we read in the "history" books tells us a different story/the cover story. After realising this, what extent do you think the Kaiser was responsible?

Answer 9

This may help you Steve -



'Wilhelm II (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Preußen; English: Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia) (27 January 1859 – 3 June 1941) 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. He was a grandson of the British Queen Victoria, and related to many kings and princes around Europe. Crowned in 1888 he dismissed Chancellor, Prince Otto von Bismarck in 1890 and launched Germany on a bellicose "New Course" in foreign affairs, culminating in his support for Austria in the crisis of summer 1914 that caused World War I. Bombastic and impetuous, he blundered often, making major diplomatic decisions on his own, and allowing his generals to dictate policy during World War I, ignoring the civilian government. An ineffective war leader, he lost the support of the army, abdicated in November 1918, and fled to exile in the Netherlands.'

Answer 10

That ill-tempered war-mongering guttersnipe ended up being quite rightly exiled to the Netherlands dear boy, which is a fate worse than death if you ask me.

Answer 11

The dirty Nazi grandson of Queen Victoria was it, he ran to hide somewhere around their kingdom, in Netherlands. I know it was hundred of years ago and they still rule. I believe they don't even give it a second thought of being run out of town some day that group.

Answer 12

They were deposed.



I believe their descendants live in Switzerland.

Answer 13

I wonder why Holland let them move in! Very odd....

Answer 14

He retired to Belgium and died.



I fear that's it the fate of those who retire to Belgium.