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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- King of Prussia (1861–1888) and Kaiser of Germany (1871–1888) whose reign was marked by war with Austria (1866), the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), and the wide reforms introduced by Bismarck.
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The closest parallel to the moustaches on the mask are those of Bismarck, Wilhelm I, and Wilhelm II.
Is the Mask a Hoax? 1999
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In the autumn of 1862 the new King of Prussia, Wilhelm I, who had succeeded to the throne the previous year, called him back to take over the portfolio of Foreign Affairs and the leadership of the
German Culture Past and Present Ernest Belfort Bax 1890
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