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- - - - sources
        
        https://www.britannica.com/event/German-Danish-War/War-and-the-final-settlement-of-the-Schleswig-Holstein-question https://en.unionpedia.org/First_Schleswig_War
      - key people
        
        Otto von Bismarck - came to power in Prussia and wanted Prussia and Austria in possession of all of Denmark
        
        King Frederick VII - published a proposed constitution that would have recognized Denmark, Schleswig, and Holstein as autonomous bodies within a single governmental structure.
        
        Friedrich Graf von Wrangel - a general of the Prussian army
        
        Frederick William IV of Prussia - reigned as King of Prussia from 1840 to 1861
      - In February 1920 the northern zone voted for union with Denmark, and central Schleswig voted for union with Germany. North Schleswig became part of Denmark, and the resulting boundary ceased to be a matter of contention.
  - - - Battle of Eckernförde
      - Battle of Lottorf
      - Battle of Schleswig
    - - Battle of Fredericia
    - - Battle of Isted
- - - - sources
        
        https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/modern-europe/wars-and-battles/austro-prussian-war
        https://schoolhistory.co.uk/notes/the-austro-prussian-war/
      - key people
        
        Otto von Bismarck - engineered the war to further Prussia's supremacy in Germany and reduce Austrian influence.
        
        Helmuth von Moltke - the chief of the general staff of Prussia who convinced the king that the war was necessary
        
        Ludwig von Benedek - commander of the North Army of Austria
      - This war was the culmination of a century's tension between the two major German powers. The result of the war was that Prussia became the dominant German state
  - - - The Battle of Königgrätz
      - The Battle of Langensalza
      - The Battle of Nachod
    - - The Battle of Hühnerwasser
      - The Battle of Münchengrätz
- - - - sources
        
        https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Franco-Prussian-War/274414
        https://www.britannica.com/event/Franco-German-War https://francoprussianwar.com/Spicheren.htm
      - key people
        
        Otto von Bismarck - thought that this war was necessary to unify Germany
        
        Napoleon III - declared war on Prussia because his military advisers told him that the French army could defeat Prussia and that such a victory would restore his declining popularity in France.
        
        King William I of Prussia - the triumph of Bismarck’s plans came on when King William I of Prussia was proclaimed German emperor at Versailles
        
        Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - the candidacy of him for the Spanish throne was the immediate cause of this war
      - A collection of German states led by Prussia defeated France. The war marked the end of French hegemony in continental Europe and resulted in the creation of a unified Germany.
  - - - The siege of Paris
      - Battle of Sedan
      - Battle of Gravelotte
    - - The Battle of Chateaudun
      - Battle of Wörth
      - Battle of Spicheren
- - - - impact
        
        legacy
        
        In 1864 Bismarck began the series of wars that would establish Prussian power in Europe.
        
        He created and established Europe’s first modern welfare state.
        
        He was one of the most successful practitioners of realpolitik and in the process, created the modern German empire. His ambition was to become a major player in German and international politics and unlike other people who had the same aspirations, Bismarck actually succeeded in doing so.
        
        He was in strong favor of a unified Germany under the leadership of the king and throughout his life, he strived to accomplish that unification.
        
        sources
        
        https://www.britannica.com/biography/Otto-von-Bismarck/Prime-minister https://www.history.com/topics/germany/otto-von-bismarck the edpuzzle video
      - positions held
        
        apart of the Prussian Chamber of Deputies
        
        Prussian representative to the federal Diet in Frankfurt
        
        Prussian ambassador
        
        ambassador to the court of Napoleon III
        
        Prime Minister
        
        German chancellor
      - origin
        
        born at Schönhausen, Prussia
        
        His father was a Junker squire descended from a Swabian family that had ultimately settled as estate owners in Pomerania. Also, his father was apart of the Prussian landowning elite.
        
        His family economic circumstances were modest, but Bismarck was not to know real wealth until the rewards flowed in after the achievement of German unification.
        
        His mother encouraged the entirety of his education because she came from an educated bourgeois family that had produced a number of higher civil servants and academics.