Autobiography of otto von bismarck

First Chancellor of the German Empire

Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg^[a] (; born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898) was a Prussian statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany.

Bismarck's Realpolitik and firm governance resulted in him being popularly known as the Iron Chancellor (German: Eiserner Kanzler).

From Junker landowner origins, Otto von Bismarck rose rapidly in Prussian politics under King Wilhelm I of Prussia.

Autobiography of otto von bismarck

He served as the Prussian ambassador to Russia and France and in both houses of the Prussian parliament. From 1862 to 1890, he held office as the minister president and foreign minister of Prussia. Under Bismarck's 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, which aligned the smaller