#german monarch

[paintingsandhistory]

Frederick II (the Great), 1712 - 1786. King of Prussia (With Field Marshal James Francis Edward Keith, 1696 - 1758 and Two Unidentified Prussian…

Artist: Unknown

Date: After 1750

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Art Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

[royalty-nobility]

Portrait of King William I

Artist: Joseph-François Ducq (Flemish, 1763-1829)

Date: 1820

Medium: Oil paint on canvas

Collection: Musea Brugge, Brugge, Belgium

William I, German Emperor

William I (Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888), or Wilhelm I, was King of Prussia from 1861 and German Emperor from 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of a united Germany. He was head of state of Prussia from 1858, when he became regent for his brother Frederick William IV. During the reign of his grandson Wilhelm II, he was known as Emperor William the Great.