William II

• “Roger I (1085-1111), William II (1111-1127), and then, Roger II, son of the conqueror of Sicily.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman

• “Anselm's contest with William II (1087-1100) was concerned with other matters, but during his residence in France and Italy he was one of the supporters of ecclesiastical reform, and, being required on his return to take the oath of fealty to the new king (Henry I, 1100-35) and receive the bishopric from his hands, he refused to comply.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent

• “From the beginning of his reign, William II was determined that this would change and that Germany would have a navy commensurate with its new military and industrial power.”

  Castles of Steel

• “For a considerable length of time Napoleon tempted Prussia by holding out the hope of this acquisition, and in 1806 by the plan of a North German Confederation of which Prussia was to be the leader, Frederick William II even sought to gain territory in southern Germany.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “Frederick's successor, his nephew Frederick William II (1786-97), was a man of some ability, but was soon led astray by his taste for loose living, and fell under the influence of bad counsellors, such as the theologian and Rosicrucian von Wöllner, and Colonel von”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “The site had been selected by the founder of the navy himself, Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, during his brief tour of command at sea before Kaiser William II summoned him home to manage the building of the High Seas Fleet.”

  Castles of Steel

• “Treaty of Basle, Frederick William II agreed with France upon a line of demarcation by which nearly all of northern Germany was declared neutral under the protection of Prussia.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “So far as appears, John Hay knew nothing about the President's interviews with the German Ambassador Holleben, which forced William II to arbitrate.”

  Theodore Roosevelt An Intimate Biography

• “In foreign politics Frederick William II disavowed the opposition to Austria when he signed the Reichenbach Convention of 27 July, 1790, with the”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “An offer from Frederick William II of Prussia to become court conductor at Berlin at a salary of three thousand thalers he refused on patriotic grounds.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman

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