Born to Junker parents, he was responsible for the Schnaebele incident and doctored an exchange with Count Benedetti that lead to war with France, the Ems telegram.
In an attempted assassination, Ferdinand Cohen-Blind shot at this man five times before slicing his own throat.  This man, whose tenure was supported by Albrecht von Roon, organized a conference that formalized the process of colonization in Africa and passed a series of laws allowing for state regulation of the clergy named after education minister Adalbert Falk. Born to Junker parents, he was responsible for the Schnaebele incident and doctored an exchange with Count Benedetti that lead to war with France, the Ems telegram. He opposed Catholics in the "Kulturkampf" and was known for developing his "Realpolitik" during the reign of Wilhelm I. For 10 points, identify this "Iron Chancellor" of Prussia.
In an attempted assassination, Ferdinand Cohen-Blind shot at this man five times before slicing his own throat.  
Otto von Bismarck [Accept Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg.]