William II

American  

noun

1. William Rufusthe Red, 1056?–1100, King of England 1087–1100 (son of William I, duke of Normandy).

2. Also Wilhelm II. Frederick Wilhelm Viktor Albert, 1859–1941, king of Prussia and emperor of Germany 1888–1918.

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William II British  

noun

1. known as William Rufus. ?1056–1100, king of England (1087–1100); the son of William the Conqueror. He was killed by an arrow while hunting in the New Forest

2. known as William the Good . 1154–89, last Norman king of Sicily (1166–89)

3. 1792–1849, king of the Netherlands (1840–49); son of William I

4. German name Kaiser Wilhelm. 1859–1941, German emperor and king of Prussia (1888–1918): asserted Germany's claim to world leadership; forced to abdicate at the end of World War I

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Example Sentences

The building of Westminster Hall was commissioned by King William II - the son of William the Conqueror - who wanted a significant construction project to impress his new subjects.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2022

Like the late afternoon of Aug. 2, 1100, when William II, son of William the Conqueror, was killed in an air-quotes “hunting accident,” perhaps on orders from his ambitious little brother.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2022

Queen Henrietta Maria was allegedly travelling to Holland to hand over her 11-year-old daughter to William II, Prince of Orange, who had married the princess a year earlier.

From National Geographic • May 5, 2016

After the family seat, Bushy Park, burned in 1760, grandson William II built Wilton, between Urbanna and Deltaville.

From Washington Post

With his broken-hearted wife and some of his devoted servants kneeling round him, he breathed his last on June 15, 1888, and the Crown Prince in his twenty-ninth year became Kaiser as William II.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France by Parrott, James Edward