<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_I_of_Germany" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wilhelm I of Germany">Wilhelm I of Germany</a> is proclaimed <i id="mwYQ">Kaiser Wilhelm</i> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_of_Mirrors" id="mwYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hall of Mirrors">Hall of Mirrors</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles" id="mwYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Palace of Versailles">Palace of Versailles</a> (France) towards the end of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War" id="mwZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Franco-Prussian War">Franco-Prussian War</a>. Wilhelm already had the title of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Emperor" id="mwZQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="German Emperor">German Emperor</a> since the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_German_Confederation_1871" id="mwZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Constitution of the German Confederation 1871">constitution of 1 January 1871</a>, but he had hesitated to accept the title.<sup about="#mwt42" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_18#cite_note-6" id="mwZw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwaA">[6]</span></a></sup>
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