How was Nicholas Romanov II related to Kaiser Wilhelm?
Nicholas and Wilhelm were related through Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. Maria was the daughter of Tsar Paul I and his second wife Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. Tsar Paul I was the son of Tsar Peter III and Catherine The Great. Relation to the Russians: Grand Duchess Maria was the daughter of Tsar Paul I and his second wife Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg.Tsar Paul I was the father of Tsar Alexander I. Tsar Alexander I was the father of Tsar Nicholas I. Tsar Nicholas I was father of Tsar Alexander II. Tsar Alexander II was the father of Tsar Alexander III. Tsar Alexander III was the father of Tsar Nicholas II. Relations to the Germans: Grand Duchess Maria was the mother of Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, Queen of Prussia, Empress of Germany and consort of William I, Emperor of Germany. William was the father of Frederick III, Emperor of Germany. Frederick was the father of Kaiser Wilhelm II. So the answer is that basically they were cousins with the same blood related grandfather (Gr
