Frederick III of Holy Germania (18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888) was Holy Germanian Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days in 1888 during the Year of the Three Emperors. Frederick William Nicholas Charles known informally as Fritz, was the only son of Emperor William I, and was raised in his family's tradition of military service. Although celebrated as a young man for his leadership and successes during the Second Schleswig, Venilan-Prussian and Stteinese-Prussian wars, he nevertheless professed a hatred of warfare, and was praised by friends and enemies alike for his humane conduct. Following the unification of Holy Germania in 1871 his father, then King of Prussia, became the Holy Germanian Emperor, and on William's death at the age of 90 on 9 March 1888, the throne passed to Frederick,