Klemens von Metternich

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Klemens von Metternich was a 19th-century Austrian statesman and diplomat who dominated European politics after the Napoleonic Wars and became a leading architect of the conservative order in Europe.

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instanceOf Austrian politician
chancellor
diplomat
foreign minister
human
statesman
birthDate 1773-05-15
birthPlace Coblenz
linked to: Koblenz

Electorate of Trier
Holy Roman Empire
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship Austrian Empire
deathDate 1859-06-11
deathPlace Austrian Empire
Vienna
educatedAt University of Mainz NERFINISHED
University of Strasbourg
era 19th century
ethnicGroup German
familyName Metternich
father Franz Georg Karl von Metternich
fullName Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von Metternich
givenName Klemens
ideology balance of power politics
conservative
legitimism
influenced European balance of power system
Restoration politics in Europe
knownFor Metternich system of international relations
architect of the conservative order in Europe
dominant role in European diplomacy after the Napoleonic Wars
opposition to liberalism and nationalism
role in the Holy Alliance framework
mother Maria Beatrix Aloisia von Kageneck
movement conservatism
nobleTitle Prince of Metternich
notableEvent Congress of Vienna
notableWork design of the post-Napoleonic European order
officeEnd Austrian Foreign Minister 1848
State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire 1848
officeStart Austrian Foreign Minister 1809
State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire 1821
opposedBy liberal nationalists in Europe
participantIn Aix-la-Chapelle Congress 1818
Congress of Vienna 1814–1815
linked to: Congress of Vienna

Laibach Congress 1821
Napoleonic Wars diplomacy
Troppau Conference 1820
Verona Congress 1822
linked to: Concert of Europe
positionHeld Austrian Foreign Minister
Austrian ambassador to France
Austrian ambassador to the Kingdom of Prussia
Austrian ambassador to the Kingdom of Saxony
State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire
reasonForEndOfOffice Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Königswart Castle
Vienna
roleInEvent leading organizer of the Congress of Vienna
spouse Antoinette Leykam
Eleonore von Kaunitz
Melanie Zichy-Ferraris

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Congress of Vienna chairperson Klemens von Metternich
Congress of Vienna keyFigure Klemens von Metternich
Concert of Europe hasKeyFigure Klemens von Metternich
Philhellenes hasNotableMember Metternich
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Klemens hasNotableBearer Klemens von Metternich
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814) signatory Klemens von Metternich
Restoration period in Europe keyFigure Klemens von Metternich
Klemens von Metternich fullName Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von Metternich
linked to: Klemens von Metternich
Klemens von Metternich familyName Metternich
linked to: Klemens von Metternich
Klemens von Metternich nobleTitle Prince of Metternich
linked to: Klemens von Metternich
Klemens von Metternich father Franz Georg Karl von Metternich
linked to: Klemens von Metternich
Treaty of Vienna (1815) mainNegotiator Klemens von Metternich
Treaty of Paris (1814) signatoryRepresentative Klemens von Metternich
post-Napoleonic era hasKeyFigure Klemens von Metternich
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818) chairperson Klemens von Metternich
Austrian Revolution of 1848 keyFigure Klemens von Metternich
Friedrich von Gentz employer Klemens von Metternich
Order of St. Stephen of Hungary notableRecipient Klemens von Metternich
Habsburg diplomatic corps notableMember Klemens von Metternich