Editing Wilhelm II (section)

===Relationships with foreign relatives===
[[File:The Nine Sovereigns at Windsor for the funeral of King Edward VII.jpg|thumb|The Nine Sovereigns at [[Windsor Castle|Windsor]] for the funeral of King Edward VII, photographed on 20 May 1910. Standing, from left to right: King [[Haakon VII]] of Norway, Tsar [[Ferdinand I of Bulgaria]], King [[Manuel II of Portugal]], Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, kings [[George I of Greece]] and [[Albert I of Belgium]]. Seated, from left to right: kings [[Alfonso XIII]] of Spain, [[George V]] of the United Kingdom and [[Frederick VIII of Denmark]].]]
As a grandchild of Queen Victoria, Wilhelm was a first cousin of King [[George V]] of the United Kingdom, as well as of queens [[Marie of Romania]], [[Maud of Norway]], [[Victoria Eugenie of Spain]] and Empress [[Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|Alexandra of Russia]]. In 1889, Wilhelm's younger sister [[Sophia of Prussia|Sophia]] married [[Constantine I of Greece|Constantine, Crown Prince of Greece]]. Wilhelm was infuriated by his sister's conversion from [[Lutheranism]] to [[Greek Orthodoxy]]; upon her marriage, he attempted to ban her from entering Germany.

Wilhelm's most contentious relationships were with his British relations. He craved the acceptance of his grandmother, Queen Victoria, and of the rest of her family.<ref name="King 52">King, Greg, ''Twilight of Splendor: The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year'' (Wiley & Sons, 2007), p. 52</ref> Despite the fact that his grandmother treated him with courtesy and tact, his other relatives largely denied him acceptance.<ref name="King 52"/> He had an especially bad relationship with his uncle Bertie (later [[Edward VII]]). Between 1888 and 1901, Wilhelm resented Bertie, who despite being the heir apparent to the British throne, treated Wilhelm not as a reigning monarch, but merely as another nephew.<ref name="Magnus 204">Magnus, Philip, ''King Edward the Seventh'' (E. P. Dutton, 1964), p. 204</ref> In turn, Wilhelm often snubbed his uncle, whom he referred to as "the old peacock" and lorded his position as emperor over him.<ref name="Magnus 204"/> Beginning in the 1890s, Wilhelm made visits to England for [[Cowes Week]] on the [[Isle of Wight]] and often competed against his uncle in the yacht races. Bertie's wife, Alexandra, also disliked Wilhelm. Even though Wilhelm had not been on the throne at the time, Alexandra felt anger over the Prussian seizure of [[Schleswig-Holstein]] from her native Denmark in the 1860s, and was also annoyed over Wilhelm's treatment of his mother.<ref>Battiscombe, Georgiana, ''Queen Alexandra'' (Constable, 1960), p. 174</ref> Despite his poor relations with his English relatives, when he received news that Queen Victoria was dying at [[Osborne House]] in January 1901, Wilhelm travelled to England and was at her bedside when she died, and he remained for the funeral. He also was present at the [[funeral of King Edward VII]] in 1910.

In 1913, Wilhelm hosted a lavish wedding in Berlin for his only daughter, [[Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia|Victoria Louise]]. Among the guests at the wedding were his cousins Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and King George V of the United Kingdom, and George's wife, [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]].