Crown Prince <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor" id="mw3A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wilhelm II, German Emperor">Wilhelm</a> becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire" id="mw3Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="German Empire">German Empire</a>. Due to the death of his predecessors <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I,_German_Emperor" id="mw3g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William I, German Emperor">Wilhelm I</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor" id="mw3w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Frederick III, German Emperor">Frederick III</a>, 1888 is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_Three_Emperors" id="mw4A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Year of the Three Emperors">Year of the Three Emperors</a>.