Klemens von Metternich
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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 Emp
Portrait of Prince Metternich by Thomas Lawrence, 1815
Schloss Königswart in Bohemia
Metternich, c. 1808
The Congress of Erfurt by Nicolas Gosse, 1838. Napoleon receiving von Vincent at Erfurt, a congress Metternich was not allowed to attend
House of Metternich
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The House of Metternich was an old German noble family originating in the Rhineland. The most prominent member was Prince Klemens von Metternich, who was the dominant figure at the Congress of Vienna.
Klemens von Metternich
…for three decades as Austrian foreign minister from 1809 and chancellor from 1821 until the Revolutions of 1848 forced his resignation. Born into the House of Metternich in 1773 as the son of a diplomat, Metternich received a good education at the universities of Strasbourg and Mainz. Metternich rose through key diplomatic…
Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid (1617–1675), Elector of Mainz
The Lordship of Winneburg–Beilstein in the Moselle Valley
Lothar von Metternich (1551–1623), Elector of Trier