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German Emperor William II was the eldest son of Prince Frederick William of Prussia (the future Emperor Frederick III) and his wife, Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom. He was the first grand-child of Queen Victoria and a first cousin of George V. In 1881, he married Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, with whom he had seven children. In 1922, a year after her death, William married Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz. The last German Emperor and King of Prussia, William abdicated in 1918 and spent his final years living in exile in the Netherlands.