Otto von bismarck biography video

Chancellor of Germany from to

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

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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. He served as the Prussian ambassador to Russia and France and in both houses of the Prussian parliament.

From to , 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 , he replaced the German Confederation with the North German Confederation, which aligned the smaller North German states with Pru Biography of Otto von Bismarck - Documentarytube.com KOBA