WWI People

PM Borden

Prime minister that defeated Laurier in 1911

Conservative and against free trade

Franz Josef

Emperor of Austria 1848-1916

Queen Victoria

Queen of England 1837-1901

Napoleon III

President of France

Wilhelm I

Prussian king/German Emperor

Bismarck

PM of Prussia/Germany

Resigned in 1890

Prince Leopold

Hohenzollern prince

Elected Spanish king but removed by France

Czar Alexander III

Czar during the 3 Emperor’s league

Refused to renew the Dreikaiserbund

Fredrick III

German Kaiser 1888

Son of Wilhelm I

Married Princess Victoria, Princess Royal

Wilhelm II

German Kaiser 1888+

Disagreed with Bismarck and wanted consultation

Edward VII

King of Great Britain

Francophile

Son of Queen Victoria

Martin Luther

Broke from the Catholic Church and created Lutheranism

Convinced North Germans of their superiority

Herder

Believed that each nationality has its own unique genius

*volksgeist*

Hegel

Believed that the state gives dignity and freedom to man

Von Ranke

Believed that Germany had a God-given mission to develop German politics and society

Fichte

German spirit is primordial, nobler and ineradicable

Schlieffen

German Chief of Staff 1891-1906

Created the Schlieffen Plan

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Heir to the AUS Empire

Assassinated by Serbian Group Black Hand

General Field Marshal Conrad von Hotzendorf

Biggest supporter of AUS war against RUS and SER