Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen1851
Bismarck challenges Austria's restored influence by allying Prussia with other German states
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Bismarck challenges Austria's restored influence by allying Prussia with other German states
Frederick William appoints Bismarck as Prussia's envoy to the Diet of the German Confederation
Becomes convinced that Prussia would have to ally itself with other German states in order to countervail Austrias growing influence, accepts of the notion of a united German nation
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