Metternich doc

KLEMENS VON METTERNICH THE PRINCE OF DIPLOMACY Written by LLA ~55% Disclaimer: This document was not written by a historian and should not be considered an authoritative source. It is intended, instead, to be a summary of research conducted across several volumes and online sources. Bibliographical sources are listed at the end of each chapter, but I remind you the document should not be considered a complete introduction on the lives and events of the Prince Klemens von Metternich. The current doc stops at the Laibach’s Congress, which took place in 1822. CHAPTER I THE SON OF A LIAR CHATTER: A YOUNG COUNT HEARS THE STORM OF REVOLUTION (1773-1794) Klemens von Metternich (I'll spare his very long full name for you) was born on May 15, 1773, in Koblenz, son of Franz George von Metternich and Maria Beatrice von Kanegegg. The Metternich family had a very ancient lineage dating back to the Carolingian nobility, and for centuries they had held prominent positions in the city of Trier. However, they could be considered lower-middle-ranking nobles within the aristocratic sphere of the Germanic Empire. Apart from his father and an ancestor who was a commander in the Thirty Years' War, no Metternich had held offices outside the archbishopric of Trier or Mainz. Their importance was limited also due to the modest properties they owned (just a ruin and a castle near Trier, and some lands in Bohemia). Klemens' father had been the first in the family for a long time to attempt an …