In response, his father found Wilhelm a wife, Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and ordered him to stay in Danzig, away from the Imperial court. Crown Prince Wilhelm, on the other hand, became noted for his public criticism of the politics of his father. In 1901, during a visit to Blenheim Palace in England, the Crown Prince took a strong liking to Gladys Deacon and gave her a ring which she had to return - at his father's insistence. Wilhelm II regarded his eldest son with contempt, mainly because of his many affairs with women. The German club BFC Friedrich Wilhelm was also named in his honour. Wilhelm was a supporter of association football, then a relatively new sport in the country, donating a cup to the German Football Association in 1908 and thereby initiating the Kronprinzenpokal, the oldest cup competition in German football. When his great-grandfather and grandfather both died in 1888, he became the heir-apparent to the German and Prussian thrones. His mother was hurt and his grandmother furious. Before Wilhelm was born, his grandmother had expected to be asked to help find a nurse, but since her son did everything he could to snub her, Wilhelm asked his aunt Helena to help. He was the eldest of the Wilhelm II's seven children, and his birth sparked an argument between his parents and grandmother. When he was born, his great-grandfather, Kaiser Wilhelm I, was the reigning emperor and his grandfather, Crown Prince Frederick, was heir to the throne, making Wilhelm third in line to the throne. He was the eldest son of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, the future Wilhelm II and his first wife Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.
Wilhelm was born on in the Marmorpalais of Potsdam in the Province of Brandenburg. Crown Prince Wilhelm, aged 19, wearing civilian clothing
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