tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430936427358984962.post9188700635450055294..comments2024-01-10T15:35:30.018-08:00Comments on Century of the Beard: AdaptableDer Geishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615005013929233901noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430936427358984962.post-17532153630276583662011-04-07T15:15:12.606-07:002011-04-07T15:15:12.606-07:00Actually, Friedrich III became "Deutsches Kai...Actually, Friedrich III became "Deutsches Kaiser" of the German Empire (Kaiserreich) or Second Reich: he reigned for 99 days before his death from throat cancer. He was not the Holy Roman Emperor. The HRE was helmed by the Austrian kaisers, not the German kaiser, and was already defunct by the time this photo was taken. This guy was also the son-in-law of Queen Victoria of the United Kimgdom and the father of Kaiser Wilhelm II of WWI notoriety.<br /><br />But what a beard!Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994001842193281699noreply@blogger.com