should the new Empire be a republic or a constitutional monarchy? The National Assembly voted for a constitutional monarchy with the Prussian King Frederick William IV as German emperor — but he ...

the German states remained independent the anti-nationalistic Austrian Empire was the dominant force in Central Europe Attempts at a political union, mainly on the Prussian side, had failed.

The Franco-Prussian war was ended on 10th May with ... was officially recognised as Emperor (Kaiser) of the German Empire ...

was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia (Deutscher Kaiser und König von Preußen), ruling both the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918.

provides an excellent introduction to the Prussian military system, and is also a useful adjunct to various recent general accounts of the 1866 war and as a primer on events that followed in 1870 and ...