Wilhelm II: Children's Education


Figure 1.--.

General Adolf von Deines was put in charge of the boys' education. He complained that their mother was ill and excessively nervous, complicating his efforts. We have only limited information on the General's approach. We do know that they grew up with an exagerated view of their importance and a unrealtic appreciation of their talents and abilities. The boys were sent to a military (cadet) academy in Plön in Schleswig-Holstein.

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General Adolf von Deines was put in charge of the boys' education. He complained that their mother was ill and excessively nervous, complicating his efforts. We have only limited information on the General's approach. We do know that they grew up with an exagerated view of their importance and a unrealtic appreciation of their talents and abilities.

Plön Academy

The boys were sent to a military (cadet) academy in Plön in Schleswig-Holstein. The Kaiser sent Crown Prince and Eitel Friedrich in 1896. The Emperess begged him not to, but he would not relent. She insisted on visiting them often. The Kaiser decided in 1900 that the two next boys, August Wilhelm and Oska, should also go to Plön. The boys were 12 and 13 years old at the time. There was a terrible scene when he informed her. Unlike in his home where his parents had discussed such maters, Wilhelm simoply told his wife what he had decided. She became hesterical. He told her that his word was law. The Emperess was depressed for some time and for a while Wilhelm though that she might be going insane.

Sources

Van der Kriste, John. Kaiser Wihelm II: Germany's Last Kaiser (Bodmin: Sutton Publishing, 1999), 244p.







Christopher Wagner








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