Splendid Demonstrations: The Political Funerals of Kaiser Wilhelm I and Wilhelm Liebknecht
2008 ◽
Vol 41
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pp. 229-253
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Great public figures can bestride the public stage in life—but be buried privately. Kaiser Wilhelm II despised his father, Friedrich III. Having established his legitimacy through his central role in his grandfather, Wilhelm I's, funeral, he refused Friedrich a public funeral and staged a private funeral so perfunctory the widow refused to attend. Otto von Bismarck, to spite Wilhelm II for having fired him, directed that his funeral should be private and at his country estate, denying Wilhelm the grand public display in Berlin he had planned.
2003 ◽
Vol 37
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pp. 56-69
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