The young Archduke "Franzl" was brought up by his mother as a future Emperor with emphasis on devotion, responsibility and diligence. -> his traditional policy for Bosnia and Herzegovina
In 1863, when he was four-year-old, his 18-year-old uncle Alfred told him to be quiet. Wilhelm II drew his dagger and threatened in the response. He was emotional and often lost his temper. -> He advocated his risky foreign policy.
His grandfather, Alexander II was assassinated by an anarchist.
I tried to lift him but the czar's legs were shattered, and the blood poured out of them.
- Police Chief Dvorzhitsky, after the assassination of Alexander II
Nikolai II and his father, Alexander III witnessed the death.
-> the regression in domestic modernization.