King of Prussia of the House of Hohenzollern and the first German Emperor of the German Empire established in 1871. He reigned as King of Prussia from 1861 to 1888 and as German Emperor from 1871 to 1888. Serving in the Prussian army from a young age, he participated in the War of the Sixth Coalition during the Napoleonic Wars and the Battle of Waterloo. In the Revolutions of 1848, he was involved in suppressing the revolutionary movements. After ascending the throne in 1861, he promoted military reform and appointed Otto von Bismarck as Prime Minister to strengthen Prussia's military and foreign policies. Following the Second Schleswig War, the Austro-Prussian War, and the Franco-Prussian War, he achieved German unification led by Prussia and was crowned German Emperor on January 18, 1871, at the Palace of Versailles. In practical governance, he trusted Bismarck and entrusted him with broad authority, while serving as a symbolic figure of the military and national integration as Emperor. In his later years, he survived multiple assassination attempts.

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