Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern), 1859 - 1941, last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. "The great Emperor's coat of arms". Colour lithograph from: Meyers Large Konversations-Lexikon, 6th ediction, volume 4. Leipzig and Vienna (Bibliographic Institute) 1903.