Who was the last Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia before abdicating in 1918?
Wilhelm II
Wilhelm II, the emperor who led Germany into World War I, was forced to abdicate at the end of 1918 in the face of imminent defeat and revolutionary uprisings at home. His abdication marked the end of the German Empire and the beginning of the Weimar Republic, a period of tumult and instability that would eventually facilitate Hitler's rise. Wilhelm II's exile to the Netherlands, where he lived until his death in 1941, closed an important chapter in German history, symbolizing the fall of the monarchy and the emergence of new political forces.
