In 1871, Otto von Bismarck became the first what?
Otto von Bismarck of his ambition, and he considered nothing more cruel than this action of the emperor. Upon Bismarck's death in 1898 his dukedom, held only for his own lifetime, became extinct. Domestic Foreign Literature Film Games Notes Otto von Bismarck Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck and Duke of Lauenburg (; Born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), known as Otto von Bismarck (), was a conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890 and was the first Chancellor of the German Empire between 1871 and 1890. In 1862,
Fürst von Bismarck Fürst von Bismarck Fürst von Bismarck is a title of German nobility. It was created in 1871 for the statesman Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), who received several noble titles during the course of his career. Born into a noble "Junker" family (the House of Bismarck), he began life as simply "Mister (German: "Herr") Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck". In 1865, he was created "Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen" (Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen) following the Prussian victory over Denmark in the Second War of Schleswig. Schönhausen was the Bismarck family's estate, in the Prussian province of Saxony. This hereditary comital title is borne by