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A Short Biography of Prince Otto von Bismarck

Author Name:

Prince Otto von Bismarck

Born As:

Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck,

Other Names:

Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg, Prince of Bismarck

Born:

1 Apr 1815

Died:

30 Jul 1898




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Chancellor                          
                          
Mother  Wilhelmine Luise Mencken
Father Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Bismarck
Wife Johanna von Puttkamer, three children, one daughter Marie, and two sons Herbert and Wilhelm.

Titles from Birth to Death:
1865 - 1898: High Born Count Otto of Bismarck-Schönhausen

1871 - 1898: His Serene Highness The Prince of Bismarck

1890 - 1898: His Serene Highness The Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg                          
Minister-President of Prussia- 1862-1890
Chancellor of the North German Confederation - 1867                          
Quote: I have about made up my mind that laws are like sausages - the less you know about how they are made the more respect you have for them.

This quote, has been also attributed to many people including Mark Twain, Benjamin Disraeli, Clarence Darrow, Kaiser Wilhelm,Winston Churchill, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Betty Talmadge and an "Old Mr. Hawes", an Illinois state legislator "many years" prior to 1896.