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Wilhelm I
Wilhelm I was King of Prussia from 1861 and the first emperor of the German Empire from 1871 until his death in 1888. With his chancellor Otto von Bismarck, he presided over the wars against Denmark, Austria and France that united Germany under Prussian leadership. He was proclaimed German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles in 1871.
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