Metternich
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(mĕt′ər-nĭk, -nĭKH), Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von 1773-1859. Austrian politician and diplomat who helped form the alliance of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia that ultimately defeated Napoleon I.
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Metternich
(German ˈmɛtərnɪç)n
(Biography) Klemens (ˈkleːməns). 1773–1859, Austrian statesman. He became foreign minister (1809) and made a significant contribution to the Congress of Vienna (1815). From 1821 to 1848 he was both foreign minister and chancellor of Austria and is noted for his defence of autocracy in Europe
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Met•ter•nich
(ˈmɛt ər nɪx, -nɪk)n.
Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von, 1773–1859, Austrian statesman and diplomat.
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