2006-10-23 15:45:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
On January 18, 1871, the Prussians, who had defeated the French in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, proclaimed their king, Wilhelm II as Emperor of the new German Empire. Until that time, Germany was a group of unfederated kingdoms and duchies.
2006-10-23 15:50:05 · answer #1 · answered by Rick N 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Kingdom of Prussia defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War. They had also fought two previous wars to unite the German territories...the Austrio-Prussian War and the War against Schleswig and Holstein. When they defeated France they showed Europe and the German territories that they were the most powerful force in Europe. Therefore the German territories agreed to join with Prussia and form the country of Germany under the rule of William I and the governing of Otto von Bismark.
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2006-10-24 15:32:44 · answer #2 · answered by mjtpopus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, since this was after Franco-Prussian War, it had to be a united Germany under Prussian rule. The first Emperor was Wilhelm I. This war brought down Napoleon III and made way for the Third Republic in France.
2006-10-23 22:53:35 · answer #3 · answered by kepjr100 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the Second German Empire (the Second Reich), under Prussian supremacy. 1871 marked the end of the Franco-Prussian War, the third (along with wars against Denmark and Austria) of the three wars of German unification.
2006-10-23 22:50:26 · answer #4 · answered by BoredBookworm 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1/18/1871 in the Galerie des Glaces (Versailles Castle): German Second Empire (Reich) proclaimed. The german empire is formed with all 25 german states (Bavaria, Prussia, Saxe, Wurtemberg, Bade, Hesse-Darmstadt, Mecklenbourg-Schwerin, , Mecklenbourg-Strelitz, Oldenbourg, Saxe-Weimar, Anhalt, Brunswick, Saxe-Altenbourg, Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha, Saxe-Meinhingen-Hildburghausen, Lippe-Detmold, Reuss-Gera-Ebersdorf, Reuss-Greitz, Schaumbourg-Lippe, Schwarzburg-Rudolfstadt, Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen, Waldeck), 3 free towns (Bremen, Lübeck, Hambourg) and one territory brought by the empire (Alsace-Lorraine from France).
His "Kaiser" is the king of Prussia (first protestant kaiser in Germany): Wilhelm I.
2006-10-23 23:11:06 · answer #5 · answered by boule de gomme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the Second German Empire (the Second Reich), which was declared at Versailles, but it saw its death there at Versailles.
2006-10-26 08:56:32 · answer #6 · answered by Sabyasachi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The new German empire of Otto Von Bismark. Actually, he was the driving force behind the Prussian throne.
2006-10-23 22:51:06 · answer #7 · answered by ron k 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Evil Empire of the Dark Side. Good Luck ! :)
2006-10-23 23:17:13 · answer #8 · answered by tysavage2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋