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[[File:Wernerprokla.jpg|thumb|200px|Wilhelm I being crowned German Emperor at the [[Palace of Versailles]] in 1871 after the German defeat of the French. [[Otto von Bismarck]] looks on.]]
'''Wilhelm I''', i.e., ''Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig von Preußen'', (1797 - 1888) was king of [[Prussia]] (since 1861) and appointed [[Otto von Bismarck]] as Prime Minister in 1862. When after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71 the independent German states were united as the German Empire, he became [[German]] emperor and known as ''Kaiser Wilhelm I''.
'''Wilhelm I''', i.e., ''Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig von Preußen'', (1797 - 1888) was king of [[Prussia]] (since 1861) and appointed [[Otto von Bismarck]] as Prime Minister in 1862. When after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71 the independent German states were united as the German Empire, he became [[German]] emperor and known as ''Kaiser Wilhelm I''.
[[Category:Heads of State|Wilhelm I, Kaiser]]
[[Category:Heads of State|Wilhelm I, Kaiser]]