He also provoked the Franco-Prussian War and worked for Wilhelm I in engineering the unification of Germany.
This politician was nearly assassinated by the student Ferdinand Cohen-Blind. This politician initiated the Kulturkampf against his country's Catholic Church. This man formed the League of the Three Emperors and the Triple Alliance in order to ensure the balance of power in late nineteenth century Europe. He also provoked the Franco-Prussian War and worked for Wilhelm I in engineering the unification of Germany. For 20 points, name this German statesman nicknamed the "Iron Chancellor."
This politician was nearly assassinated by the student Ferdinand Cohen-Blind.
Otto Eduard Leopold von {Bismarck}