Klemens von Metternich

Type: Person

As of November 2026, Klemens von Metternich has been mentioned in 3 episodes across 1 podcast, first heard Jan 2022 on Historia Civilis. Austrian diplomat who played a central role in the Congress of Vienna, influencing European political restructuring.

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.