Klemens von Metternich
Austrian diplomat, foreign minister and Chancellor (1773–1859)
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Updated 2026-05-29
Orchestrated Europe's power plays as Austria's foreign minister and chancellor for nearly four decades, until the 1848 revolutions sent him packing. Metternich kept the continent's balance through sheer diplomatic muscle during the Concert of Europe era.
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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 Empire. A conservative, Metternich was at the center of the European balance of power known as the Concert of Europe for three decades as Austrian foreign minister from 1809 and chancellor from 1821 until the liberal Revolutions of 1848 forced his resignation.
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