The Life of Bismarck, Private and Political / With Descriptive Notices of His Ancestry

by George Hesekiel

Is not this Prussia? Let us Prussians be!

KENNETH R. H. MACKENZIE.

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INDEX.

• A.
• Aberg, [363].
• Aich, [363].
• Alben, Frederick William von der, [59].
• Alten, Plotho, mansion of, [77].
• Alvensleben, Armengard von, wife of George II. von Bismarck, [48].
• ——, family of, [32, n.], [40].
• ——, Sabine von, Henning II. von Bismarck’s wife, [47].
• ——, Sophie von, wife of Ludolf IV. von Bismarck, [58].
• Amsterdam, [247].
• André, [201].
• Anna, Empress of Russia, [60].
• Archangelski, [290], [291].
• Armorial bearings of the Bismarcks, [68-76].
• Arnim, Frau von; marries Oscar von Arnim, [136].
• ——, Boytzenburg, Count, [131], [192].
• ——, E. F. A. H. C. Oscar von, [103], [120];
• letter to, [304], [305].
• Asseburg, Bertha von der, wife of Valentine von Bismarck, [58].
• ——, the family of, [58, n.]
• ——, Joh. Marg. von der, wife of Lud. Aug. von Bismarck, [59].
• ——, Louise Marg., wife of Fred. Chris, von B., [59].
• Auerswald, Rudolf von, [192].
• Augusta Amalia, Princess von Nassau-Usingen, [61].
• Augustenburg, Duke of, [245].
• B.
• Bamberger, L., an historian, [423].
• Bardeleben, Von, wife of Valentine Basso von Bismarck, [58], [59].
• Bartenslebens, the von, [40].
• Bayonne, [321].
• Becker, Professor, [224].
• Beckerath, [167].
• Below, Alexander von, [283].
• Beust, Count, [382].
• Beutner, Dr. Theodor, [147].
• Biarritz, [324-356].
• Biron, E. J. von, Duke of Courland, [60, n.]
• Bischofswerder, General J. R. von, [102].
• Bismarck, Abraham von, [57].
• ——, Albertine Louise von, [59].
• ——, Anna Ottilie von, [57].
• ——, Alex. Fred. Ferd. von, [103].
• ——, August von, [58].
• ——, August Fred. von, [61], [62], [103].
• ——, Bernhard von, [103].
• ——, on the Biese, [31], [32].
• ——, Busso von, [48].
• ——, Charles Alexander von, [62].
• ——, Charles William Ferdinand von, [67];
• born, [101];
• character of, [108].
• ——, Christian von, [37].
• ——, Claus von, [35-46].
• ——, Claus II. von, [46].
• ——, Claus III. von, [46].
• ——, Claus IV. von, [48].
• ——, Dietrich von, [48].
• ——, Ernst Frederick Alexander von, [66].
• ——, Francis von, [103].
• ——, Franziska Angelika Malwina. See [Arnim].
• ——, Frederick von, [48].
• ——, Frederick von, Count, [67].
• ——, Frederick Christopher von, General, [59].
• ——, Frederick William, Count, General, [60].
• ——, Frederick Adolf Ludwig von, [67].
• ——, George von, [48].
• ——, George II. von, [48].
• ——, Günther von, [48].
• ——, Heidrich von, [47].
• ——, Henning von, [46].
• ——, Henning II. von, [48].
• ——, Henning III. von, [48].
• ——, Henry von, [48], [57].
• ——, Joachim von, [48].
• ——, Jobst von, [48].
• ——, John von, [37].
• ——, Laurence von, [48].
• ——, Levin von, [48].
• ——, Louise Johanne von, [103].
• ——, Louse, a tower, [31].
• ——, Ludolf von, [47].
• ——, Ludolf II. von, [48].
• ——, Ludolf III. von, [48].
• ——, Ludolf IV. von, [58].
• ——, Ludolf August von, [59].
• ——, Mary Elizabeth Johanna von, [150].
• ——, Nicolas Ferdinand Herbert von, [151].
• ——, Otto Edward Leopold, Count von, born, [103];
• enters the Plamann Institute, [107];
• passes to the Gymnasium, [107];
• resides at Berlin, [107];
• ambition of his mother, [108];
• letter to his sister, [109-111];
• confirmation of, [111];
• at the Gymnasium, Zum Grauen Kloster, [111];
• holiday-time, [113];
• passes to Dr. Bonnell, [115-117];
• his teachers, [115], [116];
• education of, [116];
• falls from his horse, [118];
• returns to Kniephof, [119], [120];
• appearance and early habits, [120];
• friends, [120];
• proverb of Bismarck, [121];
• enters at Göttingen, [123];
• duels, [124-127];
• studies but lightly at Berlin, [128];
• sworn Examiner, [128];
• goes to Court, [129];
• introduced to Prince, afterwards King, William, [129];
• in society, [130];
• goes into Administrative Department, [131];
• at Aachen, [131];
• at Potsdam, [132];
• joins the Jäger Guards, [132];
• at Greifswald, [132];
• administers the family estates, [132];
• Deputy to the Circle, [133];
• life at Kniephof, [133-135];
• travels, [135];
• betrothal of his sister, [136];
• division of the property, [136];
• elected Dyke Captain, [136];
• letters to his sister, [137-144];
• saves his servant’s life, [145];
• enters the 4th Uhlans, [145];
• falls in love, [148];
• marriage, [149];
• meets Frederick William IV., [149];
• settles at Schönhausen, [150];
• birth of his daughter Marie, [150];
• his children, [150], [151];
• his policy, [157-164];
• Representative in the United Diet, [166];
• his first speech, [168-170];
• on the Periodicity Debate, [171-174];
• on the Jews’ Debate, [174-177];
• retirement, [178];
• the February Revolution, [181];
• the March days, [182];
• opening of the Diet, [183];
• speech on the Address, [184], [185];
• foundation of the Kreuzzeitung, [187];
• on organization of labor, [187-190];
• at Stolpe, [191];
• elected Member of the Second Chamber, [191];
• opposes the amnesty, [193];
• opposes the Frankfurt Imperial Constitution, [194];
• opposes the Triple Alliance, [195-197];
• opposes taxation by the Diet, [198];
• opinions on England, [198];
• winters in Berlin, [200];
• birth and baptism of his second child, [200];
• as a paragraphist, [203];
• returns to Schönhausen, [204];
• at Erfurt, [204];
• speech there, [204], [205];
• letters to his sister, [206-209];
• journey to Külz, defends the treaty of Olmütz, [211];
• defends the Prussian nobility, [211];
• Ambassador to Frankfurt, [217];
• interview with Frederick William IV., [219];
• visit of the Prince of Prussia to Frankfurt, [222];
• Society at Frankfurt, [224];
• negotiations with Austria, [227];
• dinner to the Emperor of Austria, [232];
• Halle, [233];
• at Vienna, [235];
• at Ofen, [236];
• at Szolnok, [241];
• at Pesth, [243];
• at Vienna, [245];
• at Blankenburg, [245];
• negotiations for the Duke of Augustenburg, [245];
• journey to Italy, [246];
• at Ostend, [246];
• at Brussels, [246];
• at Amsterdam, [247];
• at Norderney, [248];
• at Paris, [249];
• at Reinfeld and Frankfurt, [250];
• at Paris, [252];
• conference with Napoleon, [253];
• at Copenhagen, [253];
• at Räsbyholm, [253];
• at Tomsjönas, [254];
• at Königsberg, [256];
• at Frankfurt, [257];
• on the Zollverein, [258], [259];
• at St. Petersburg, [262];
• at Hohendorf, [270];
• at Stolpmünde, [274];
• at Berlin, [275];
• Ambassador to Russia, [280];
• illness, [281];
• return to Petersburg, [283];
• at Baden-Baden, [285];
• personal appearance in 1861, [286];
• at Pskow, [286];
• at Moscow, [289];
• at Peterhof, [292];
• at Petersburg, [294];
• at Berlin, [295];
• journey through Russia, [296-298];
• at Peterhof, [298], [299];
• at Zarskoe-Selo, [299-301];
• at Petersburg, [301-309];
• Ambassador at Paris, [313];
• at Berlin, [313-315];
• at Paris, [315-318];
• received by the Emperor, [316];
• goes to London, [318];
• at Trouville, [320];
• at Bordeaux, [320], [321];
• Bayonne, [321];
• at San Sebastian, [322];
• at Biarritz, [324];
• at Luchon, [326];
• at Toulouse, [327];
• appointed Minister-President, [331-337];
• Policy as Premier, [334];
• farewell audience with Napoleon III., [342];
• conference with Count Karolyi, [344-348];
• cession of the Duchies, [357];
• raised to the rank of Count, [360];
• the great year 1866, [382];
• shot at by Kohn-Blind, [389];
• war with Austria, [393];
• battle of Sadowa, [400];
• peace, [406];
• goes to Varzin, [427];
• falls from his horse, [428];
• visits Holstein, [429];
• gives a ball, [431];
• his house, [441];
• his country estate, [448].
• ——, Pantaleon von, [48].
• ——, Pantaleon II. von, [58].
• ——, Lieut. Philip von, [106].
• ——, Philip Ludwig Leopold Frederick, [67].
• ——, Rulo von, [46].
• ——, Rulo von, founder of the family, [36].
• ——, Rulo II. von, [37].
• ——, Ruloff von, [47].
• ——, Schierstein, [67].
• ——, Theodore Alexander Frederick Philip von, [66], [129].
• ——, Valentine von, [58].
• ——, Valentine Busso von, [58].
• ——, William Otto Albert, [151].
• Bismarcks, armorial bearings of the, [68-76].
• ——, origin of the family of, [32-35].
• Blanckenburgs, the family of, [106].
• Blanckenburg, Moritz von, [106], [120], [147].
• ——, Frau von, [147].
• Blome, Count, [379].
• Bodelschwingh, Velemede von, [183].
• Boetzow, castle of, [47], [48].
• Bohlen-Bismarck, see [Bismarck, Theodore Alex. Fred. Philip von].
• Bonnell, Dr., Director, [111], [357], [412].
• Bordeaux, [320].
• Brandenburg’s, Count of, statue, [313].
• Brauchitsch, Lieut. von, [166].
• Bredow, Lippold von, [45].
• ——, Ottilien von, [48].
• Brussels, [246].
• Bülow of Hoffelde, [134].
• Buol-Schauenstein, Count, [227].
• Burgstall, castle of, [40], [46].
• C.
• Camphausen, Ludolf, [167], [183].
• Chambord, castle of, [320].
• Charles IV., Emperor, [42], [46], [78].
• Chotusitz, battle of, [61].
• Copenhagen, [253].
• Corvinus, King Matthew, [238].
• Crevese, abbey of, [54].
• Croy, Prince von, [284].
• Croze, La, the librarian, [186].
• D.
• Denmark, [245].
• D’Esters, [192].
• Dewitz, the family of, [103].
• ——, Hans von, [120], [134].
• ——, Stephanie, wife to August Fred. von Bismarck, [62], [103].
• Doeberitz, Hedwig von, wife of Ludolf III. von Bismarck, [48].
• E.
• Erkert, Colonel von, [284].
• Eisendecher, Von, [224].
• Elizabeth of Denmark, wife of Joachim Nestor, [79].
• Engelsmünster, barony of, [78].
• Esterhazyweg, [363].
• F.
• Fischbeck, village of, [78].
• Frankfurt-on-the-Maine, [217].
• Fransecky, General von, [79].
• Frederick von Nürnberg, Burgrave, [47], [51].
• ——, Charles, Prince, [354].
• ——, William IV. issues the February Patent, [165];
• and the Stag, [200];
• interview with Bismarck, [218].
• Fritsch, Von, [224].
• Foerster, F., a liberal, [183].
• Fuent-Arabia, [322].
• Fürstenwald, Treaty of, [45].
• G.
• Gallot, a teacher, [107].
• Gänse of Putlitz, the, [77].
• Gastein, Treaty of, [349].
• Genthin, [77].
• Gerswalde, [209].
• Gertrude, legend of, [70-72].
• Gleissenthaler, Wolff, General, [58].
• Gortschakoff, Prince, [284], [332].
• Grabow, [192].
• Greifswald, city of, [132].
• Guizot, aphorism of, [158].
• H.
• Hagens, M., [107].
• Halle, [233].
• Hammer, [363].
• Hatzfeld, Count, [249].
• Havelberg, the Bishop of, [32], [82].
• Helena, Grand-duchess, of Russia, [284].
• Hentzi, General, [240].
• Herzberg, Minister, Count, [102].
• Hohenthal, P. H. von, [103].
• Holzendorff, family of, [47, n.]
• ——, Werner von, [47].
• Humboldt, Alexander von, anecdote of, [182, n.]
• I, J.
• Insterburg, [287].
• Jagows, the family of, [40].
• Jänsch, Herr, Deputy, [189].
• Jarchelin, estate of, [103].
• Jerichow, town of, [78].
• Joachim I., Elector, [48], [52], [79].
• ——, Hector, [52].
• ——, the violinist, [380].
• John Cicero, Elector, [52].
• John George, Electoral Prince, [52].
• Junker, rank of, [34].
• K.
• Karolyi, Count, [344-348].
• Katte, the family of, [81].
• ——, John Hermann von, [81].
• ——, Dor. Elizabeth, [58].
• ——, Dor. Sophie, [61].
• Kattenwinkel, the, [81].
• ——, Ilse von der, [48].
• Kayserlingk, Count, of Courland, [121], [128], [284].
• Kehrwiederweg, [363].
• Kerl, Finanzrath, [123].
• Kessel, the family of, [129].
• ——, Helene von, [131].
• Ketskemet, [242].
• Keudell, Count von, [393].
• Knesebecks, the Von, [40, n.]
• Kniephof, estate of, [103];
• description of, [133].
• Kogelwiet, Dietrich, [41-44].
• Kohn-Blind, shoots at Bismarck, [389].
• Königsberg, [256].
• Kottwitz, Helene Elizabeth von, [58].
• Krause, Deputy, [177].
• Krug, M., a merchant, [220].
• Külz, the estate of, [103].
• L.
• Lauenstein, a pastor, [121].
• Lazienki, [296-298].
• Letzlingen, a hunting estate, [52], [55], [245].
• Lichnowsky, Felix, Prince, [184].
• Lindau, Albert von, [45].
• Loën, General von, [284].
• London, [318].
• Lucca, Pauline, [361], [362].
• Luchon, [326].
• Lucchesini, Girolamo, Marquis, [158, n.]
• Ludwig, Marquis of Brandenburg, [37].
• Lynar, Count, [220].
• M.
• Malet, Sir Alexander, [224].
• Manteuffel, Von, [167], [190], [192];
• made minister, [209];
• goes to Olmütz, [209].
• Menken, Anastatius Ludwig, [101], [102].
• ——, Louise Wilhelmina, [101].
• Metternich, Prince, [227], [278].
• Mevissen, [167].
• Milde, a deputy, [185].
• Miltitz, Louise von, [66].
• Moerner, Otto von, [45].
• Möllendorff, the family of, [59, n.]
• ——, Frederica Soph., [58].
• Motley, Lothrop, [121], [128].
• Moltke, General von, [393].
• Moscow, description of, [289], [290].
• N.
• Napoleon III., [253];
• receives Bismarck, [316], [342].
• Natzmer, Gneomar D., [59].
• Neiendorff, Ludwig von, [42].
• Netzlingen, a hunting-box, [52].
• Neumann, Trine, [107].
• Nicolsburg, [405].
• Nolde, Baron, [284].
• Norderney, a bathing-place, [248].
• O.
• Oertzen, Von, [224].
• Ofen, [236].
• Oldekop of Hanover, [121].
• Olga, Archduchess of Russia, [230].
• Olmütz, Treaty of, [209].
• Oppermann, [205].
• Oranienburg, formerly Boetzow, [47].
• Osten, Prokesch von, [223].
• Ostend, [246].
• Osterburg, the Count of, [32].
• P.
• Parey, on the Elbe, [77].
• Paris, Bismarck Ambassador at, [310-313].
• Pesth, [236].
• Peterhof, description of, [292-294], [299].
• Petersburg, [262], [287], [294], [301-304], [305-309].
• Pfordten, Von der, [359].
• Plamann, the Institute, [107].
• Plehwe, Lieut.-Col. von, [146].
• Plotho, the family of, [77].
• Portitz, Dietrich von, [41-44].
• Pskow, [286].
• Putkammer, Henry E. J., [149].
• ——, Johanna, von, Countess Bismarck, makes acquaintance with Otto von Bismarck, [148];
• marries, [149];
• arrives at Frankfurt, [223];
• nurses her husband, [281].
• ——, Luitgarde von, [149].
• Q.
• Quitzow, Dietrich von, [47], [170].
• ——, family of, [47, n.]
• R.
• Radden, Frau von, see [Lucca, Pauline].
• Radetzky, Marshal, [276].
• Radowitz, [195], [209].
• Räsbyholm, [253].
• Rauch, General von, [197].
• Redekin, village of, [78].
• Reinfeld, [250];
• description of, [282];
• Bismarck at, [304], [305].
• Retzow, Von Kleist, [201].
• Riedel, erroneous view of, [33].
• Rochow, General von, [220-223], [229].
• Roman, André von, letter to, [361], [362].
• Roon, General von, [147], [332], [333], [339].
• S.
• Sadowa, battle of, [400].
• San Sebastian, [322].
• Saucken, Von, [167].
• Savigny, Von, [201], [221].
• Schadewachts, the family of, [34].
• Schele, Von, [226].
• Schenck, Anna von, [57], [58].
• ——, Von Lützendorf Emerentia, [48].
• ——, Herr von, [130].
• ——, William von, [120].
• Scherff, Von, [224].
• Schierstaedt, Meinecke von, [43].
• Schierstein, Bismarck, Count of, see [Bismarck], [67].
• Schlabrendorf, John von, [82].
• Schmidt, Adolf, historian, [186].
• Schönfeld, Christine Charlotte Gottliebe, [62-66].
• Schönhausen, [55-83];
• Mansion of, [84-96].
• Schulenburg, Dietrich von der, [45].
• ——, Anna von der, [58].
• ——, Fritz von der, [57].
• Schulenburgs, the family of, [40].
• Schwarzenberg, Prince, [227], [387].
• Schwerin, J. U. F. von, [104].
• Senfft von Pilsach, Baron, [135].
• Siegobodo, Bishop, [83].
• Sigismund, Margrave and Archbishop, [53].
• Skianiawicze, [298].
• Solms-Hohen-Solms-Lich, Prince, [183].
• Sprengels of Halberstadt, the, [32].
• Stahl, Dr., [206].
• Stendal, town of, [31].
• Stolberg-Wernigerode, Theodor von, [220].
• Stolpe, on the Baltic, [190], [273].
• Szolnok, [241].
• T.
• Tangermünde, kaiser-house of, [78].
• Temmes, [192].
• Templar, the Knights, [93].
• Thadden, Von Trieglaff, [167], [171].
• Thun-Hohenstein, Count von, [219], [223], [348].
• Tomsjönas, [254].
• Toulouse, [327].
• Tresckow, Frederica Charlotte von, [62].
• Treyden, Trotte von, [60].
• Trouville, [320].
• V.
• Varzin, [106];
• description of, [448].
• Vaticinium Lehninense, [187].
• Victoria, Queen, [380].
• Vienna, [235].
• Vilbort, M. de, [408], [414-421].
• Vincke, Von, [167], [192].
• W.
• Waldemar the Pretender, [41].
• Wedell, Von, [167].
• Wenckstern, Anna von, [48].
• Wentzel, Otto, [220].
• Werder, General von, [394].
• William I., [223], [332].
• Winckelmann, Dr., [107].
• Winkler, Rev. Adam, [83].
• Wirballen, [287].
• Y.
• Yxkull, Count, [284].
• Z.
• Zarskoe-Selo, [294], [299].
• Zechlin, Treaty of, [52].
• Zimmerhausen, the estate of, [106].
• Zinzendorf, Count, [59].

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