Leadership

1 890, Kaiser William II become ruler of Germany-forced Bismarck to resign.

Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia was the last [|German emperor] and [|King of Prussia], ruling both the [|German empire] and the [|kingdom of Prussia] from 15 June 1888 to 18 November 1918.

(1888–1918), during whose reign the monarchy in Germany ended near the end of World War 1.

The new emperor was supremely confident in his abilities and wished to put his own stamp on Germany. In 1890, he shocked Europe by asking the dominating Bismarck to resign.

William II seriously believed that his right to rule came from God.