Prince Klemens Von Metternich was born in Koblenz, Germany on May 15, 1773. He was the son of Count Georg, the Austrian envoy of the Count of Vienna at Koblenz,- and Maria Beatrix, nee Countess Von Kageneck. The French revolutionary wars were going on at the time of his childhood. This affair forced Metternich and his family to disappear from Germany to Austria in 1794. Prince Klemens Von Metternich is known today for being a remarkable diplomat …
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…was a man of order, yet my endeavor was always for true and not for pretended liberty." These words are the key to the understanding and appreciation of Metternich's actions. In Europe Napoleon, Metternich, and Bismark set their stamp upon the nineteenth century. All three of these men lived to see their own fall. Metternich remained the longest in the leading position of " Coachman of Europe." Nothing better characterizes the infamous achievements of this great