Everything about Herbert Von Bismarck totally explained
Herbert, Prince von Bismarck (Nicolaus Heinrich Ferdinand Herbert von Bismarck) (
28 December 1849 –
18 September 1904) was born in
Berlin, the son of Chancellor
Otto von Bismarck and his wife Johanna, née
von Puttkamer. He fought in the
Franco-Prussian War, sustaining a bullet wound through the left leg during a cavalry charge at the
Battle of Mars-La-Tour. He joined the diplomatic service in 1874, on his father's wishes. He became State Secretary of the Foreign Office in 1886. He once said that 'My father is the only person who can handle this business'. He wanted to marry Princess Elisabeth
von Carolath-Beuthen in 1881, but his father wouldn't allow it, as she was a Catholic divorcee and she was ten years older than Herbert. The Chancellor pressured his son with tears, blackmail and threats to disinherit him by getting Kaiser
Wilhelm I to change the primogeniture statutes. This experience left Herbert a very bitter and alcoholic man. He once shot five bullets through a Foreign Office window to be told he may have hit someone. He replied 'Officials have to be kept in a permanent state of irritation and alarm; the moment that ceases they stop working'. On
21 June 1892 in
Vienna he married Marguerite Hoyos, Freiin zu Stichsenstein, granddaughter of
Robert Whitehead, the inventor of the
torpedo. They had five children:
He entered the civil service in
1874 and was promoted during the chancellorship of his father to the position of undersecretary in the foreign office. He became
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in
1886.
In
1890, when
Kaiser Wilhelm II called for the resignation of Otto von Bismarck as chancellor, Herbert von Bismarck also resigned as State Secretary.
He was at his father's bedside when the latter died on
30 July 1898 at 10:57 pm.
He died in
Friedrichsruh.
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