'''Kaiser Wilhelm I''' was king of [[Prussia]] 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 emperor of [[Germany]]. | '''Kaiser Wilhelm I''' was king of [[Prussia]] 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 emperor of [[Germany]]. |