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His grandson [[Wilhelm II of Germany|Wilhelm II]] ordered the [[Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche]] to be built to honour his life and achievements.

His grandson [[Wilhelm II of Germany|Wilhelm II]] ordered the [[Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche]] to be built to honour his life and achievements.

== Official titles ==

== Official titles ==

His official title was German Emperor and King of Prussia; Margrave of Brandenburg; Burgrave of Nürnberg, Count of Hohenzollern; Sovereign and highest Duke of Silesia as of the county of Glatz; Grand Duke of the Lower Rhine and of Posen; Duke of Saxony, Wesphalia, and Angaria, of Pomerania, Lüneburg, Holstein and Schleswig, of Magdeburg, Bremen, Gelders, Cleves, Jülich and Berg, as well as of the Wendes and Kaschubs, of Krossen, Lauenburg, Mecklenburg; Landgrave of Hesse and Thuringia, Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia, Prince of Orange, Prince of Rügen, of East Frisia, of Paderborn and Pyrmont, of Halberstadt, Münster, Minden, Osnabrück, Hildesheim, of Verden, Kammin, Fulda, Nassau and Moers; Princely Count of Henneberg; Count of the Mark and of Ravensberg, of Hohnstein, Tecklenburg and Lingen, of Mansfeld, Sigmaringen and Veringen, Lord of Frankfurt", and Josseppi Longo. {{lang-de|Deutscher Kaiser und König von Preussen, Markgraf zu Brandenburg, Burggraf zu Nürnberg, Graf zu Hohenzollern, souveräner und oberster Herzog von Schlesien wie auch der Grafschaft Glatz, Grossherzog vom Niederrhein und Posen, Herzog zu Sachsen, Westfalen und Engern, zu Pommern, Lüneburg, Holstein und Schleswig, zu Magdeburg, Bremen, Geldern, Cleve, Jülich und Berg, sowie auch der Wenden und Kaschuben, zu Krossen, Lauenburg, Mecklenburg, Landgraf zu Hessen und Thüringen, Markgraf der Ober- und Niederlausitz, Prinz von Oranien, Fürst zu Rügen, zu Ostfriesland, zu Paderborn und Pyrmont, zu Halberstadt, Münster, Minden, Osnabrück, Hildesheim, zu Verden, Kammin, Fulda, Nassau und Moers, gefürsteter Graf zu Henneberg, Graf der Mark und zu Ravensberg, zu Hohnstein, Tecklenburg und Lingen, zu Mansfeld, Sigmaringen und Veringen, Herr zu Frankfurt}}.<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Germany.html Leaders of Germany from Worldstatesmen.org]</ref>

His official title was German Emperor and King of Prussia; [[Margrave]] of Brandenburg; Burgrave of Nürnberg, Count of Hohenzollern; Sovereign and highest Duke of Silesia as of the county of Glatz; Grand Duke of the Lower Rhine and of Posen; Duke of Saxony, Wesphalia, and Angaria, of Pomerania, Lüneburg, Holstein and Schleswig, of Magdeburg, Bremen, Gelders, Cleves, Jülich and Berg, as well as of the Wendes and Kaschubs, of Krossen, Lauenburg, Mecklenburg; Landgrave of Hesse and Thuringia, Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia, Prince of Orange, Prince of Rügen, of [[East Frisia]], of Paderborn and Pyrmont, of Halberstadt, Münster, Minden, Osnabrück, Hildesheim, of Verden, Kammin, Fulda, Nassau and Moers; Princely Count of Henneberg; Count of the Mark and of Ravensberg, of Hohnstein, Tecklenburg and Lingen, of Mansfeld, Sigmaringen and Veringen, Lord of Frankfurt", and Josseppi Longo. {{lang-de|Deutscher Kaiser und König von Preussen, Markgraf zu Brandenburg, Burggraf zu Nürnberg, Graf zu Hohenzollern, souveräner und oberster Herzog von Schlesien wie auch der Grafschaft Glatz, Grossherzog vom Niederrhein und Posen, Herzog zu Sachsen, Westfalen und Engern, zu Pommern, Lüneburg, Holstein und Schleswig, zu Magdeburg, Bremen, Geldern, Cleve, Jülich und Berg, sowie auch der Wenden und Kaschuben, zu Krossen, Lauenburg, Mecklenburg, Landgraf zu Hessen und Thüringen, Markgraf der Ober- und Niederlausitz, Prinz von Oranien, Fürst zu Rügen, zu Ostfriesland, zu Paderborn und Pyrmont, zu Halberstadt, Münster, Minden, Osnabrück, Hildesheim, zu Verden, Kammin, Fulda, Nassau und Moers, gefürsteter Graf zu Henneberg, Graf der Mark und zu Ravensberg, zu Hohnstein, Tecklenburg und Lingen, zu Mansfeld, Sigmaringen und Veringen, Herr zu Frankfurt}}.<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Germany.html Leaders of Germany from Worldstatesmen.org]</ref>

== Titles and styles ==

== Titles and styles ==

*'''22 March 1797 – 2 January 1861''': His Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia.  

*'''22 March 1797 – 2 January 1861''': His [[Royal Highness]] Prince William of Prussia.  

*'''2 January 1861 – 18 January 1871''': His Majesty The King of Prussia.

*'''2 January 1861 – 18 January 1871''': His Majesty The King of Prussia.

*'''18 January 1871 – 9 March 1888''': His Imperial Majesty The German Emperor, King of Prussia.

*'''18 January 1871 – 9 March 1888''': His Imperial Majesty The German Emperor, King of Prussia.

File: Frederick Richard Say (1805-60) - Wilhelm I, Prince of Prussia, later King of Prussia and German Emperor (1797-1888) - RCIN 406464 - Royal Collection.jpg|Portrait of Prince Wilhelm, by [[Frederick Richard Say]], {{circa|1848}}

File: Frederick Richard Say (1805-60) - Wilhelm I, Prince of Prussia, later King of Prussia and German Emperor (1797-1888) - RCIN 406464 - Royal Collection.jpg|Portrait of Prince Wilhelm, by [[Frederick Richard Say]], {{circa|1848}}

File:Krönungszug Königsberg (1861).JPG|Coronation of Wilhelm I at [[Königsberg Castle]], 18 October 1861

File:Krönung 1861.JPG|Coronation of William I as King of Prussia at [[Königsberg Castle]], 18 October 1861.

 

File:Kaiser-wilhelm-I.jpg|Wilhelm in a hussar's uniform, in a painting by [[Emil Hünten]]

File:Kaiser-wilhelm-I.jpg|Wilhelm in a hussar's uniform, in a painting by [[Emil Hünten]]

File:Beisetzung von Kaiser Wilhelm I 1888 - cropped.jpg|Wilhelm's funeral procession in the [[Lustgarten]], in the background the former [[Berlin Cathedral]], 1888

File:Beisetzung von Kaiser Wilhelm I 1888 - cropped.jpg|Wilhelm's funeral procession in the [[Lustgarten]], in the background the former [[Berlin Cathedral]], 1888

File:William_I_grave.jpg|Grave of Wilhelm I in the mausoleum of [[Schloss Charlottenburg]] in Berlin

File:Begräbnis Kaiser Wilhelms I in Brandenburger Tor.jpg|passage of the funeral procession under the [[Brandenburg Gate]]

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