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His brief reign proved a turbulent one, marred by opposition to his foreign origins. This quickly erupted into civil warFor other uses, see Civil War (disambiguation A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. Civil war is usually a high intensity stage in an unresolved political struggle for national control of state pow, led from exileSee Exile (disambiguation) for other meanings. To be in exile means being away from your home (i. city, state or country) and being either explicitly refused permission to return or being threatened by prison or death upon return. Personal exile Exile has by his former Minister of Internal Affairs and War, Essad Pasha, who had been dismissed for a charge of treason. William finally left the country in September, 1914, and spent World War I in Germany. After the war, he attempted to regain his throne, but the participants at the Paris Peace Conference were hesitant to restore it to a German native as Germany had just fought against them. William of Wied died in Predeal, near Sinaia, in Romania.