Kaiser Friedrich IV

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His Imperial and Royal Majesty Friedrich the Fourth, by the Grace of God, German Emperor and King of Neu Prussia, Count of Hohenzollern, King of Kenya and Viktorialand, Prince of Paderborn-Delbrück, of Neue-Pommern and of Neue-Mecklenburg, Prince of Neue Schwabia, Duke of Ost Afrika, Margrave of Neue Brandenburg, Margrave of Neue Bayern, Princely Count of Neue Henneberg, Count of the Mark, Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Aden, etc.



Born 7 July 1883, Wilhelm Eitel Friedrich Christian Karl von Hohenzollern was the Kronprinz of the Deutsches Kaiserreich Brandenburg, ascending to the position upon the exile of his elder brother Wilhelm following the latter's attemped palace coup of 1905, although it was not until 4 July 1906 that this was made official.

Upon the untimely death of his father Kronzprinz Eitel Friedrich asended the throne assuming the name Kaiser Friedrich IV

The Kaiser is married to the lovely Kaiserin Elisabeth Marie Henriette Stephanie Gisela ("Ezri") of Austria, the marriage taking place in Vienna on 28 February 1904, attended by the Three Emperors (of Brandenburg, Austria and Russia).