On 27 January 1859 in the Kronprinzenpalais in Berlin, Prince Friedrich Victor Wilhelm Albert Hohenzollern – Queen Victoria’s first grandchild– was born with his left arm around his neck. It took three days for anyone to notice the arm had been damaged, but it was a problem which the future Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia would ...

Kaiser Wilhelm I died in Berlin on 9 March 1888, and Prince Wilhelm's father ascended the throne as Frederick III. He was already experiencing an incurable throat cancer and spent all 99 days of his reign fighting the disease before dying.

2023年6月25日 · During Kaiser Wilhelm II's rule, was it widely known that he had a deformed arm? I remember watching a movie released in 1941 that depicted the Kaiser always using his right arm instead of his left deformed arm; that would show …

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859) developed a weak and noticeably short left arm during childhood, commonly attributed to nerve damage caused by the use of excessive force during his difficult breech delivery, Erb's palsy.

2013年11月15日 · When Queen Victoria died in 1901 in the arms – or rather, the one good arm – of her eldest grandchild, Kaiser Bill, it was a touching scene that few would have cared to remember a few years...

2014年2月6日 · Kaiser Wilhelm II, by contrast, had an image problem. Disabled by a clumsy delivery at birth, his left arm was withered, and he wore a glove to hide his shrunken hand.

2018年1月16日 · They included electrotherapy and having a dead hare wrapped around his arm. None were successful and Wilhelm spent the rest of his life trying to hide his shortcomings. Years later, the Aga Khan wrote of the problem*: "I had an audience of the Kaiser at Potsdam.

2014年2月28日 · As an adult, the Kaiser was semi-successful in hiding the withered arm. In formal pictures, he typically posed with his left hand resting on his sword with the right on top, and with gloves to provide distraction.

2017年1月27日 · Unfortunately, it soon became clear that the baby’s left arm had been badly injured at birth due to Erb’s palsy, a condition that causes paralysis from nerve damage.

2020年3月21日 · Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859) developed a weak and noticeably short left arm during childhood, commonly attributed to nerve damage caused by the use of excessive force during his difficult breech delivery, Erb's palsy. . .

2020年9月21日 · Made bitter and insecure by his crippled arm. I do believe he tried to be good and, at times he did succeed, at least he succeeded enough to be popular with his people. I’m not saying he was an effective monarch but he wasn’t all bad.

2022年7月31日 · Wilhelm II was the monarchical ruler of Germany, occupying the throne from June 1888 until his abdication at the end of World War I. He is remembered as the person most responsible for the outbreak of war in 1914 though most historians cover him with mixed opinions on how much of the blame truly belongs to him.

2022年10月27日 · His left arm was smaller than the right with nerve damage that made it useless for many normal activities. The most widespread belief is that this resulted from complications at birth. During...

Kaiser Wilhelm was born in Berlin and received a typically Prussian militaristic and hyper-masculine upbringing, but was born with a withered left arm, which negatively impacted his emotional development – he felt a constant pressure to compensate and “act tough”.

2020年2月5日 · What if Kaiser Wilhelm II's arm was not mangled upon his birth? Post-1900s I wonder how this would affect the coming years, being his anger and grudge against the British caused him to change the alliances within Europe, ultimately leading to WWI.

Kaiser Wilhelm Withered Arm The Kaiser's Memoirs William II (German Emperor),1976 In these memoirs the Kaiser sets out to justify events and decisions taken by him during his thirty year reign an apologia pro vita sua He does not reminisce about his childhood and

2023年3月29日 · One of the few photos of Kaiser Wilhelm II with his left arm's disability visible. Archived post. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Poor guy...10 minutes without air as baby and they demanded so much of him. He could have been better but he isn't given due credit for what he did right either.

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2021年5月19日 · TIL that Kaiser Wilhelm II's withered arm was treated with a freshly slaughtered hare tied to his arm and electrotherapies in an attempt to 'fix' the arm

2020年8月27日 · TIL Kaiser Wilhelm II had a series of birth defects, most notably a withered left arm. Treatments for his arm include: salt water sprays, cold compression, electric shocks, stretching, and putting the arm into a fresh animal carcass (Queen Victoria thought this was a …