METTERNICH, KLEMENS, FRST VON

( (prince of), ) born May 15, 1773, Coblenz, Archbishopric of Trier died June 11, 1859, Vienna in full Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Frst Von Metternich-winneburg-beilstein Austrian statesman, minister of foreign affairs (180948), and a champion of conservatism, who helped form the victorious alliance against Napoleon I and who restored Austria as a leading European power, hosting the Congress of Vienna in 181415.