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Metternich : Clemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar (1773-1859), Fürst von Metternich, Austrian statesman, a champion of conservative principles. The period 1815 to 1848 has been called the Age of Metternich, for during this time he was not only master of Austria but also the chief arbiter of Europe. He was the principal statesman of the so-called Holy Alliance (q.v.). Metternich’s system depended upon political & religious censorship, espionage, & the suppression of revolutionary & nationalist movements.