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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Life of Bismarck, Private and Political, by George Hesekiel, Translated by Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. Title: The Life of Bismarck, Private and Political With Descriptive Notices of His Ancestry Author: George Hesekiel Release Date: January 27, 2019 [eBook #58776] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LIFE OF BISMARCK, PRIVATE AND POLITICAL*** E-text prepared by MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/lifeofbismarckpr00hese THE LIFE OF BISMARCK, PRIVATE AND POLITICAL. “Mit Gott für König und Vaterland.” COUNT OTTO VON BISMARCK. THE LIFE OF BISMARCK, PRIVATE AND POLITICAL; WITH DESCRIPTIVE NOTICES OF HIS ANCESTRY. BY JOHN GEORGE LOUIS HESEKIEL, AUTHOR OF “FAUST AND DON JUAN,” ETC. TRANSLATED AND EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, EXPLANATORY NOTES, AND APPENDICES, BY KENNETH R. H. MACKENZIE, F.S.A., F.A.S.L. WITH UPWARD OF ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS BY DIEZ, GRIMM, PIETSCH, AND OTHERS. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. 1870. CONTENTS EDITOR’S PREFACE. Page xv Book the First. THE BISMARCKS OF OLDEN TIME. CHAPTER I. NAME AND ORIGIN. Bismarck on the Biese.—The Bismarck Louse.—Derivation of the Name Bismarck.—Wendic Origin Untenable.—The Bismarcks in Priegnitz and Ruppin.—Riedel’s Erroneous Theory.—The Bismarcks of Stendal.—Members of City Guilds.—Claus von Bismarck of Stendal.—Rise of the Family into the Highest Rank in the Fourteenth Century. 31 CHAPTER II. CASTELLANS AT BURGSTALL CASTLE. [1270-1550.] Rulo von Bismarck, 1309-1338.—Excommunicated.—Claus von Bismarck.—His Policy.—Created Castellan of Burgstall, 1345.— Castellans.—Reconciliation with Stendal, 1350.—Councillor to the Margrave, 1353.—Dietrich Kogelwiet, 1361.—His White Hood.—Claus in his Service, while Archbishop of Magdeburg.— The Emperor Charles IV.—The Independence of Brandenburg threatened.—Chamberlain to the Margrave, 1368.—Subjection of the Marks to Bohemia, 1373.—Claus retires into Private Life.— Death about 1377.—Claus II., 1403.—Claus III. and Henning.— Friedrich I. appoints Henning a Judge.—Ludolf.—His Sons.— Pantaleon.—Henning III. obiit circâ 1528.—Claus Electoral Ranger, 1512.—Ludolf von Bismarck.—Electoral Sheriff of Boetzow, 1513.—His Descendants. CHAPTER III. 36 THE PERMUTATION. [1550-1563.] Changes.—The Electoral Prince John George and Burgstall.—Forestrights.—The Exchange of Burgstall for Crevese.—Schönhausen and Fischbeck.—The Permutation completed, 1563. 50 CHAPTER IV. THE BISMARCKS OF SCHÖNHAUSEN. [1563-1800.] Further Genealogy of the Bismarcks.—Captain Ludolf von Bismarck. —Ludolf August von Bismarck.—His remarkable Career.—Dies in the Russian Service, 1750.—Frederick William von Bismarck. —Created Count by the King of Würtemberg.—Charles Alexander von Bismarck, 1727.—His Memorial to his Wife.— His Descendants.—Charles William Ferdinand, Father of Count Otto von Bismarck. 57 CHAPTER V. Armorial Bearings. 68 CHAPTER VI. THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BISMARCK’S BIRTHPLACE. Genthin.—The