Historical Figure
Klemens von Metternich
1773–1859
Austrian diplomat, foreign minister and Chancellor (1773–1859)
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Biography
Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein, known as Klemens von Metternich or Prince Metternich, was a German statesman and diplomat in the service of the Austrian Empire. A conservative, Metternich was at the center of the European balance of power known as the Concert of Europe for three decades as Austrian foreign minister from 1809 and chancellor from 1821 until the liberal Revolutions of 1848 forced his resignation.
Timeline
The story of Klemens von Metternich, told in moments.
Became Austrian Foreign Minister at 36. Spent the next decade maneuvering against Napoleon through diplomacy, marriage alliances, and carefully timed betrayals.
Hosted the Congress of Vienna after Napoleon's defeat. Redrew the map of Europe. Built a system of conservative alliances designed to suppress revolution. It held for 33 years.
Forced to resign when revolution swept through Vienna. Fled to London disguised as a commoner. The system he built collapsed in weeks.
In Their Own Words (4)
But what did he mean by that?
Metternich remarking upon hearing the news of Castlereagh's death by suicide., 2009
Italy is only a geographical expression.
Astarita, Tommaso (2000). Between Salt Water And Holy Water: A History Of Southern Italy. p. 264., 2000
There is a wide sweep about my mind. I am always above and beyond the preoccupation of most public men; I cover a ground much vaster than they can see. I cannot keep myself from saying about twenty times a day: 'How right I am, and how wrong they are.'
Landes, David, The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present. Cambridge, 1969 (p. 353)., 1750
Strength in Right
His motto
Artifacts (15)
the ship was run ashore and lost, which Thatch [Teach] caused to be done.
creasing their share of the spoils. During the trial of Bonnet's crew, Revenge's boatswain Ignatius Pell testified that "the ship was run ashore and lost, which Thatch [Teach] caused to be done." Lee...
no city of homes. It was a place of temporary sojourn and refreshment for a lite...
modate hundreds of ships but was too shallow for the Royal Navy's larger vessels. The author George Woodbury described New Providence as "no city of homes. It was a place of temporary sojourn and...
Pyrate Ship of 36 Guns and 250 men, and a Sloop of 10 Guns and 100 men were Said...
led Samaná Bay in Hispaniola, but a cursory search revealed no pirate activity. Captain Hume of HMS Scarborough reported on 6 February that a "Pyrate Ship of 36 Guns and 250 men, and a Sloop of 10...
such a figure that imagination cannot form an idea of a fury from hell to look m...
lack beard was braided into pigtails, sometimes tied in with small coloured ribbons. Johnson (1724) described him as "such a figure that imagination cannot form an idea of a fury from hell to look...
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