On 27 January 1859 in the Kronprinzenpalais in Berlin, Prince Friedrich Victor Wilhelm Albert Hohenzollern – Queen Victoria’s first grandchild– was born with his left arm around his neck. It took three days for anyone to notice the arm had been damaged, but it …

Beginning in 1884, Bismarck began advocating that Kaiser Wilhelm send his grandson on diplomatic missions, a privilege denied to the Crown Prince. That year, Prince Wilhelm was sent to the court of Tsar Alexander III of Russia in St. Petersburg to attend the coming-of-age ceremony of the 16-year-old Tsarevich Nicholas. Wilhelm's behaviour did ...

2023年6月25日 · During Kaiser Wilhelm II's rule, was it widely known that he had a deformed arm? I remember watching a movie released in 1941 that depicted the Kaiser always using his right arm instead of his left deformed arm; that would show that people knew about his arm thereafter. But, was anyone cognizant of this fact during his reign?

2014年2月6日 · Disabled by a clumsy delivery at birth, his left arm was withered, and he wore a glove to hide his shrunken hand. Even aged four he was a little monster — as the pageboy at Edward and Alexandra’s...

2018年1月16日 · They included electrotherapy and having a dead hare wrapped around his arm. None were successful and Wilhelm spent the rest of his life trying to hide his shortcomings. Years later, the Aga Khan wrote of the problem*: "I had an audience of the Kaiser at Potsdam.

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859) developed a weak and noticeably short left arm during childhood, commonly attributed to nerve damage caused by the use of excessive force during his difficult breech delivery, Erb's palsy. However, Wilhelm's mother had a severe fall when about four months pregnant …

Wilhelm was born on 27 January 1859 in Berlin, the eldest child of Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia and Victoria, daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. A difficult birth left...

2020年8月28日 · In freeing Wilhelm from his mother, the doctor had severed the nerves in his left arm and neck. This is known as Erb’s palsy and resulted in paralysis of the left arm, as well as a shrivelled arm and hand. Before I describe the various ways young Wilhelm was tortured (sorry, ‘treated’) for his disability, I feel some context needs to be given.

2023年4月6日 · His paralyzed and atrophic left arm clearly defined his childhood, shaped his character and significantly affected his self-confidence, while providing an opportunity for parents and educators to channel their own obsessions.

2020年3月21日 · Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859) developed a weak and noticeably short left arm during childhood, commonly attributed to nerve damage caused by the use of excessive force during his difficult breech delivery, Erb's palsy. . .