Editing Wilhelm II (section)

==Marriages and issue==
[[File:WilhelmIIandwife.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Wilhelm and his first wife, Augusta Victoria]]
[[File:German State Prussia Wedding Medal 1881 Prince Wilhelm and Auguste Victoria, obverse.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Wedding medal of Prince Wilhelm and Princess Augusta, obverse]]
[[File:German State Prussia Wedding Medal 1881 Prince Wilhelm and Auguste Victoria, reverse.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|The reverse shows the couple in medieval costumes in front of 3 squires carrying the shields of Prussia, Germany, and Schleswig-Holstein.]]
Wilhelm and his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, were married on 27 February 1881. They had seven children:

{| class="wikitable"
!Name!!Birth!!Death!!Spouse!!Children
|-
| [[Crown Prince Wilhelm]]
| 6 May 1882
| 20 July 1951
| [[Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] (Married 1905)
| [[Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)|Prince Wilhelm]] (1906–1940)<br/>[[Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia|Prince Louis Ferdinand]] (1907–1994)<br/>[[Prince Hubertus of Prussia|Prince Hubertus]] (1909–1950)<br/>[[Prince Frederick of Prussia (1911–1966)|Prince Frederick]] (1911–1966)<br/>Princess Alexandrine (1915–1980)<br/>Princess Cecilie (1917–1975)
|-
| [[Prince Eitel Friedrich]]
| 7 July 1883
| 8 December 1942
| [[Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg]] (Married 1906; Divorced 1926)
| 
|-
| [[Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)|Prince Adalbert]]
| 14 July 1884
| 22 September 1948
| [[Princess Adalbert of Prussia|Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen]] (Married 1914)
| Princess Victoria Marina (1915)<br/>Princess Victoria Marina (1917–1981)<br/>[[Prince Wilhelm Victor of Prussia|Prince Wilhelm Victor]] (1919–1989)
|-
| [[Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia|Prince August Wilhelm]]
| 29 January 1887
| 25 March 1949
| [[Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]] (Married 1908; Divorced 1920)
| [[Prince Alexander Ferdinand of Prussia|Prince Alexander Ferdinand]] (1912–1985)
|-
| [[Prince Oskar of Prussia|Prince Oskar]]
| 27 July 1888
| 27 January 1958
| [[Countess Ina Marie von Bassewitz]] (Married 1914)
| Prince Oskar (1915–1939)<br/>Prince Burchard (1917–1988)<br/>[[Princess Herzeleide of Prussia|Princess Herzeleide]] (1918–1989)<br/>[[Prince Wilhelm-Karl]] (1922–2007)
|-
| [[Prince Joachim of Prussia|Prince Joachim]]
| 17 December 1890
| 18 July 1920
| [[Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt]] (Married 1916; Divorced 1919)
| [[Prince Karl Franz of Prussia|Prince Karl Franz]] (1916–1975)
|-
| [[Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia|Princess Victoria Louise]]
| 13 September 1892
| 11 December 1980
| [[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick]] (Married 1913)
| [[Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1914–1987)|Prince Ernest Augustus]] (1914–1987)<br/>[[Prince George William of Hanover (1915–2006)|Prince George William]] (1915–2006)<br/>[[Frederica of Hanover|Princess Frederica]] (1917–1981)<br/>Prince Christian Oscar (1919–1981)<br/>Prince Welf Henry (1923–1997)
|-
|}

Empress Augusta, known affectionately as "Dona", was a constant companion to Wilhelm, and her death on 11 April 1921 was a devastating blow. It also came less than a year after their son Joachim committed suicide.

===Remarriage===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-11383, Doorn, Kaiser Wilhelm II. mit Gattin und Tochter.jpg|thumb|With second wife, Hermine, and her daughter, [[Princess Henriette of Schönaich-Carolath|Princess Henriette]]]]
The following January, Wilhelm received a birthday greeting from a son of the late Prince Johann George Ludwig Ferdinand August Wilhelm of Schönaich-Carolath. The 63-year-old Wilhelm invited the boy and his mother, [[Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz]], to Doorn. Wilhelm found 35-year-old Hermine very attractive, and greatly enjoyed her company. The couple were wed in Doorn on 5 November 1922<ref>"Ex-Kaiser Married in Strict Privacy at House of Doorn", The New York Times, 6 November 1922, p. 1</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ex Kaiser's Secret Wedding 1922 (silent film newsreel)|url=https://www.britishpathe.com/video/ex-kaisers-secret-wedding/query/wedding |website=British Pathe News}}</ref> despite the objections of Wilhelm's monarchist supporters and his children. Hermine's daughter, [[Princess Henriette of Schönaich-Carolath|Princess Henriette]], married the late Prince Joachim's son, Karl Franz Josef, in 1940, but divorced in 1946. Hermine remained a constant companion to the aging former emperor until his death.