Maximilian of Baden9 November 1918
Maximilian announces the abdication without the Kaisers consent.
Germany · Government / Weimar Republic. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Maximilian announces the abdication without the Kaisers consent.
Maximilian, realizing that the Kaiser would not be able to retain his throne, urges him to abdicate in time to save the monarchy itself, but the Kaiser refuses to agree.
The Kaiser abdicates.
Wilhelm II refuses to abdicate, Prince Max of Baden simply announces that he had done so and frantically attempts to establish a regency under another member of the House of Hohenzollern.
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