Tag: WWI

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany had a hard entry into the world, a painful childhood, and an abiding hatred of England by the time he took the throne.

28. Young Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany

By Trashy Royals on October 19, 2023October 19, 2023

As we continue looking at the lives and times of Queen Victoria’s children and grandchildren, we’re going to keep bumping into people who changed the course of human history, often for the worse. But when it comes to Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II, Queen Victoria’s first grandchild, events beginning with his breech birth lend a bit…

Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, ended the Habsburg line in a murder-suicide with his lover.

24. Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and The Mayerling Incident

By Trashy Royals on September 21, 2023October 18, 2023

Content warning: Suicide This week, we take a little trip over to the Austro-Hungarian Emprire in the latter half of the 19th century to meet one of the more scandalous figures of his age – and a man whose death most likely put the world on the path toward World War I. Crown Prince Rudolf…