What is Klemens Wenzel von Metternich?
{{Infobox Person | image = Metternich by Lawrence.jpeg | image_size = 240px | caption = Portrait of Prince Metternich by Lawrence | name = Klemens Wenzel von Metternich | title = Prince von Metternich | birth_date = 15 May 1773 | birth_place = [[Koblenz]], [[Holy Roman Empire]] | death_date = 11 June 1859 (aged 86) | death_place = [[Vienna]], [[Austrian Empire]] | nationality = Austrian | known_for = The [[Congress of Vienna]], Minister of State, Conservatism, [[Concert of Europe]] | education = [[University of Strasbourg]] | employer = | occupation = | salary = | networth = | height = | weight = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = Baroness Antoinette Leykam (1827-1829), Countess Melanie Zichy-Ferraris (1831-1854) | partner = | children = Richard, Fürst von Metternich | parents = Franz Georg Karl, Graf von Metternich-Winneburg and Countess Beatrix Kagenegg | relatives = | website = }} '''Klemens Wenzel, Prince von Metternich''' (German: Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Fürst von Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein) (May 15, 1773 – June 11, 1859) was an [[Austria|Austrian]] [[politician]]. He is thought of as one of the most important [[diplomat|diplomats]] of all time. Metternich was Foreign Minister for Austria from 1809 to 1848. He got Austria out of a bad treaty with [[Napoleon]], which forced Austria to fight for [[France]]. Metternich then helped to build a system in [[Europe]] that kept the peace for most of the next 100 years. In 1809, when Metternich became [[foreign minister]], Napoleon had control of most of Europe. France had taken over some of the closest countries directly. In more distant countries like Austria and [[Prussia]], Napoleon forced them to sign treaties that would make them fight on his side in wars. Metternich thought that was bad for Austria. When Napoleon declared war and raised a huge army for the [[French invasion of Russia]], Metternich told t