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media type="file" key="Cain, Von Metternich.mp3"[|Cain, Von Metternich.mp3][|Cain, Von Metternich.mp3][|Cain, Von Metternich.mp3]media type="file" key="Cain, Von Metternich.mp3"Prince Klemens von Metternich was born in Koblenz, Germany to Count Franz Georg Karl von Metternich-Winneburg zu Bellstein and Maria Beatrice Aloisia von Kagenezy on May 15, 1773. With his father being a diplomat, and in the nobility, he was well educated, and very arrogant about his looks, and brains. By the time he was 15 he entered the University of Strasbourg. He however was forced to leave after only two years after the chaos of the French revolution reached the collage. After leaving the collage he realized the importance of a strong autocratic government. From there, he was called to represent the catholic colleges of Westphalia at the coronation in Frankfurt of Leopold 2, emperor of Prussia. Two years later he was called upon again to do the dame for the Holy Roman Emperor Francis 2. In the two year gap he lived in Mainz and studied law again there until again, The French overran the town and he was forced to flee. von Metternich, Prince Klemens. (2003). Von Metternich, Prince Klemens. In UXL Metternich’s father was currently holding a post in what is now Belgium, then called the German Netherlands, however everything would quickly change for Metternich who was working with his father, when the French confiscated the family properties. When this happened, his father was forced to flee his position, and the family moved to Vienna, as impoverished refugees. There fortune would soon change though when Metternich marries Maria Eleonore Kaunitz, the granddaughter and heiress of Count Wenzel von Kaunitz. Metternich could then move into the highest of Viennese society and enter a diplomatic career. He was appointed the amasador to Dresden in 1801, Berlin in 1803 at the age of 33. Conner, Susan P. (2004). //Age of Napoleon//. Westport, CT : Greenwood Publishing Group.

In  Berlin, Metternich made himself so agreeable to the French envoy that Napoleon requested he be sent to Paris , where he took up residence as Ambassador in August 1806. However, in 1809 war broke out between France and Austria. Metternich was arrested in reprisal for the internment in Hungary of two members of the French embassy. After Napoleon's capture of Vienna, he was conducted to the Austrian capital under military guard and handed over in exchange for the French diplomats. On July 8, Metternich succeeded Johann Philipp Stadion as Minister of State. By this time Austria had been reduced to a "second-rate" power by the Treaty of Schönbrunn. His first mission was to play for time and to distance Napoleon from the Russian Tsar, and Napoleon's request for the hand of Archduchess Marie Louise suited Metternich's plans admirably, and he accompanied the princess to Paris on March 13, 1810. Metternich concluded an alliance with Napoleon on March 14, 1813, promising military assistance in return for the concessions that France was now obliged to offer. When Napoleon suffered his catastrophic reverse in Russia, Metternich extracted Austria from this alliance, reverted to neutrality, and soon maneuvered his country into the position of arbiter of Europe. When he visited Napoleon at Dresden on June 26, his role was still that of a seemingly impartial mediator who was attempting to end the war and re-establish good relations between the three countries. Events forced him to agree to the restoration of the Bourbons, but he succeeded in ensuring the creation of a Federation of German states. Metternich also strove to mitigate the fear of a Russian dictatorship by promoting the principle of concerted action by the Great Powers that would accord with their international interests. Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich. (2008). Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich. In //WIkipedia// [Web]. Wikipedia. Retrieved 10/1/08, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemens_von_metternich I n the Treaty of Reichenbach,  June 24, 1813, between Austria , Prussia , and Russia , Metternich undertook to bring Austria into the war against France if Napoleon rejected the peace terms that he was offering. When in August Austria finally declared war on France, Metternich, by his superior conduct of negotiations, had won for his country the leadership both in the political and in the military field. In October 1813 the hereditary title of prince was bestowed on him by the Austrian emperor. The first Treaty of Paris (May 30, 1814) stipulated nothing more for Germany than a loose confederation of states. He wanted to secure Austria ’s predominance by forming two confederations, one German and the other Italian, with Austria as the leading power in both. Within Germany, he proposed the creation of a hereditary German imperial title, and he thought that Austria and Prussia should share the task of protecting Germany ’s western frontier. Yet Metternich only partly succeeded in his plans: the German imperial project came to nothing because Francis steadfastly refused to support it; the Italian confederation did not materialize; and the German confederation, when it at last did come into being in June 1815, was based only on a brief and noncommittal federal act derived from a Bavarian compromise proposal. In European affairs, however, Metternich was more successful: he achieved equality of status for France ; he obtained a reduction of the Prussian demands on Saxony ; and, in particular, he blocked the farther reaching demands of Russia. At the congresses of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818), of Troppau (1820), of Laibach (1821), and of Verona (1822) his international reputation was at its zenith. With Alexander I’s death (1825) it seemed likely that Metternich’s influence on Russia would likewise come to an end; and Prussia’s jealousy of Austria’s dominance was causing further difficulties, when in 1830 the July Revolution in France, followed by insurrections in Belgium, Poland, and Germany, appeared to justify again Metternich’s dismal prognoses and served to convince the eastern powers, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, that they should stand together by his principles. Metternich had been appointed Austrian state chancellor on May 25, 1821. His vanity tempted him to disguise the waning of his influence by accepting responsibility for decrees that neither came from him nor accorded with his views. He thus became a hated symbol of repression and reaction and, eventually, on March 13, 1848, had to resign, as the first victim of the revolution. He made his way with difficulty into exile in England but returned to Vienna in 1851, where he died eight years later. ** Klemens, prince von Metternich **. (2008). In //Encyclopædia Britannica//. Retrieved October 01, 2008, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: [|**http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/378934/Klemens-Furst-von-Metternich**]

script Hmm... What to say about Prince Klemens von Metternich...Well, only two years after the chaos of the French revolution reached the collage. After leaving the collage he realized the importance of a strong autocratic government, which would dictate his politics for the next several decades. When Prince Klemens von Metternich was born in Koblenz, Germany to Count Franz Georg Karl von Metternich-Winneburg zu Bellstein and Maria Beatrice Aloisia von Kagenezy on May 15, 1773. Being born into the nobility he was given a great education with private tutors, until the age of 15 when he enrolled in the University of Strasbourg. He however was forced to leave after the French confiscated the family grounds in 1795, so the family was forced to Vienna as poor refugees. However Metternich marries Maria Eleonore Kaunitz, the granddaughter and heiress of Count Wenzel von Kaunitz. Metternich could then move into the highest of Viennese society and enter a diplomatic career. He was appointed the ambassador to Dresden in 1801; Berlin in 1803 at the age of 33.Then in 1806 he became Ambassador to Napoleons Court in Paris. However, in 1809 war broke out between France and Austria. Metternich was arrested in reprisal for the internment in Hungary of two members of the French embassy. After Napoleon's capture of Vienna, he was conducted to the Austrian capital under military guard and handed over in exchange for the French diplomats. On July 8, Metternich succeeded Johann Philip Stadion as Minister of State. By this time Austria had been reduced to a "second-rate" power by the Treaty of Schönbrunn. His first mission was to play for time and to distance Napoleon from the Russian Tsar. Metternich concluded an alliance with Napoleon on March 14, 1813, promising military assistance in return for the concessions that France was now obliged to offer. When Napoleon suffered his catastrophic reverse in Russia, Metternich extracted Austria from this alliance, reverted to neutrality, and soon maneuvered his country into the position of arbiter of Europe. In the Treaty of Reichenbach, June 24, 1813, between Austria, Prussia, and Russia, Metternich undertook to bring Austria into the war against France if Napoleon rejected the peace terms that he was offering. When in August Austria finally declared war on France, Metternich, by his superior conduct of negotiations, had won for his country the leadership both in the political and in the military field. The first Treaty of Paris (May 30, 1814) stipulated nothing more for Germany than a loose confederation of states. He wanted to secure Austria’s predominance by forming two confederations, one German and the other Italian, with Austria as the leading power in both. Within Germany, he proposed the creation of a hereditary German imperial title, and he thought that Austria and Prussia should share the task of protecting Germany’s western frontier. Yet Metternich only partly succeeded in his plans: the German imperial project came to nothing because Francis steadfastly refused to support it; the Italian confederation did not materialize; and the German confederation, when it at last did come into being in June 1815, was based only on a brief and noncommittal federal act derived from a Bavarian compromise proposal. In European affairs, however, Metternich was more successful: he achieved equality of status for France; he obtained a reduction of the Prussian demands on Saxony; and, in particular, he blocked the farther reaching demands of Russia. At the congresses of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818), of Troppau (1820), of Laibach (1821), and of Verona (1822) his international reputation was at its zenith. Metternich had been appointed Austrian state chancellor on May 25, 1821. His vanity tempted him to disguise the waning of his influence by accepting responsibility for decrees that neither came from him nor accorded with his views. He thus became a hated symbol of repression and reaction and, eventually, on March 13, 1848, had to resign, as the first victim of the revolution. He made his way with difficulty into exile in England but returned to Vienna in 1851, where he died eight years later.