Unnamed German Kaiser

Submitted by jbc@ku.edu on Fri, 2018-04-20 15:38
Text: 
"Ad Astra"
Character Key: 
Unnamed German Kaiser
Display Name: 
Unnamed German Kaiser
Sort Name: 
Unnamed German Kaiser
AKA: 
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Administrative
Specific Job: 
Kaiser
First Mentioned: 
WW1 Europe: Amiens in "Ad Astra" (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Thursday, January 27, 1859
Origin: 
Germany
Biography: 

The "kaiser" whom the German aviator refers to without naming is Kaiser Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert von Hohenzollern); he ruled Germany as emperor from June 1888 to November 9, 1918. On that date, having lost the support of the army, he abdicated, and fled the country a day later. The German prisoner says he does not serve "baron and kaiser" (418), but he is proud when his brother Franz is declared "ace iron cross by the kaiser's own hand" (419).

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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