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Sep 29, 2026
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During Otto von Bismarck's campaign to unify the German states, following Prussia's victories over Denmark, Austria, and France, the German states were brought together under Prussian leadership.
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Then on January 18, 1871, King William I of Prussia was proclaimed German emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles in France.
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The German Empire was born.
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The Hohenzollerns became kaisers of the newly unified Germany while continuing to rule Prussia.
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Wilhelm I is buried in the Charlonsburg Mausoleum.
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Frederick III at the Friedenskirche in Potsdam.
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William II died in exile in the Netherlands and never came home at all.
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The men who built the empire this crypt is named for aren't actually in the room.