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    Otto von Bismarck

    German statesman and Chancellor

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  2. Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg ( German: Otto, Fürst von Bismarck, Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen, Herzog zu Lauenburg, pronounced [ˈɔtoː fɔn ˈbɪsmaʁk] ⓘ; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898; born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck) was a Prussian and later German statesman and diplomat.

    • Otto Von Bismarck: Early Years
    • Otto Von Bismarck: The Iron Chancellor
    • Otto Von Bismarck: Kulturkampf, Welfare State, Empire
    • Otto Von Bismarck: Final Years and Legacy

    Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck was born April 1, 1815, at his family’s estate in the Prussian heartland west of Berlin. His father was a fifth-generation Junker (a Prussian landowning noble), and his mother came from a family of successful academics and government ministers. Throughout his life Bismarck would emphasize his rural Junker roots, und...

    William I became Prussia’s king in 1861 and a year later appointed Bismarck as his chief minister. Though technically deferring to William, in reality Bismarck was in charge, manipulating the king with his intellect and the occasional tantrum while using royal decrees to circumvent the power of elected officials. In 1864 Bismarck began the series o...

    With Germany unified, William I and Bismarck turned to entrenching their domestic power. For much of the 1870s Bismarck pursued a Kulturkampf (cultural struggle) against Catholics, who made up 36 percent of Germany’s population, by placing parochial schools under state control and expelling the Jesuits. In 1878 Bismarck relented, allying with the C...

    William I died in 1888 and was succeeded by his son Frederick III and then his grandson William II, both of whom Bismarck found difficult to control. In 1890 the new king forced Bismarck out. William II was left in control of a flourishing unified state but was ill-equipped to maintain Bismarck’s carefully manipulated balance of international rival...

  3. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. At age seven Otto von Bismarck enrolled in the progressive Plamann Institute in Berlin . He later attended the Frederick William gymnasium. He then studied law at the University of Göttingen but evidently was a mediocre student, and, after a brief stint at the university in Berlin, he entered the ...

  4. Otto von Bismarck had several siblings, but only an elder brother and a younger sister (Malvina) survived into adulthood. Bismarck was educated at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium and the Graues Kloster-Gymnasium.

  5. May 15, 2019 · Education: University of Göttingen (18321833), University of Berlin (1833–1835), University of Greifswald (1838) Honors: Bismarck was a hero to German nationalists, who built numerous monuments honoring him as the founder of the new Reich. Spouse: Johanna von Puttkamer (m. July 28, 1847–Nov. 27, 1894) Children: Marie, Herbert, Wilhelm.

  6. Biography. Otto von Bismarck – Biography. Childhood and education. 1815 – 1839. At the age of six, Bismarck had to leave his parents' manor house and went to school in Berlin. During his law studies and legal clerkship, he attracted attention mainly because he partied a lot, was looking for a bride and ran up debts.

  7. Apr 26, 2022 · by World History Edu · April 26, 2022. Following his appointment as Prime Minister of Prussia by King Wilhelm I, Otto von Bismarck set out to accomplish the monumental task of uniting the various small German states into an empire – an empire that went on to establish itself as one of the leading powers in the world.

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