Resignation of Klemens von Metternich

Date: March 13, 1848 • Location: Vienna, Austria

Klemens von Metternich was forced to resign as the foreign minister of Austria following student demonstrations in Vienna.

Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein, known as Klemens von Metternich or Prince Metternich, was a German statesman and diplomat in the service of the Austrian Empire. Metternich was at the center of the European balance of power known as the Concert of Europe for three decades as Austrian foreign minister from 1809 and chancellor from 1821 until the Revolutions of 1848 forced his resignation.