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. 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 Revolutions of 1848 forced his resignation.
- Occupation
- diplomat, politician, writer
- Position held
- Minister-President of Austria, ambassador to Saxony, ambassador of Austria to France, ambassador of the Holy Roman Empire to Prussia
- Citizenship
- Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire
- Born
