Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg, was a German statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany and served as its first chancellor from 1871 to 1890. His Realpolitik and firm governance earned him the nickname the Iron Chancellor. From Junker landowner origins, Bismarck rose rapidly in Prussian politics under King Wilhelm I of Prussia, serving as Prussian ambassador to Russia and France and in both houses of the Prussian parliament; from 1862 to 1890 he held office as minister president and foreign minister of Prussia. Under his leadership, Prussia provoked three short, decisive wars against Denmark, Austria, and France; after Austria's defeat in 1866 he replaced the German Confederation with the North German Confederation, aligning the smaller North German states with Prussia while excluding Austria, and in 1870 he secured France's defeat with support from the independent South German states before overseeing the creation of a unified German Empire under Prussian rule.
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Bismarck's Realpolitik and firm governance earned him the nickname Iron Chancellor.
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1 April 1815
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30 July 1898
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Bismarck's Realpolitik and firm governance earned him the nickname Iron Chancellor (Eiserner Kanzler).
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Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (1 April 1815 - 30 July 1898), was a German statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany and served as its first chancellor from 1871 to 1890.
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served as its first chancellor from 1871 to 1890
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Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (1 April 1815 - 30 July 1898), was a German statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany and served as its first chancellor from 1871 to 1890.
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In response, he appointed Otto von Bismarck to the post of Minister President in order to force through his proposals, beginning a partnership that would last for the rest of his life.
Wikipedia: Franco-Prussian War
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In the final days of the war, with German victory all but assured, the German states proclaimed their union as the German Empire under the Prussian king Wilhelm I.
Berlin Conference (Wikipedia)
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The conference of fourteen countries was organised by Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of Germany, at the request of Leopold II of Belgium at a building (No.
Proclamation of the German Empire - Wikipedia
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Otto von Bismarck read out the proclamation.
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