Identifier: lifeofbismarckpr00hese (find matches)
Title: The life of Bismarck, private and political;
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Hesekiel, George, 1818-1874. (from old catalog) MacKenzie, Kenneth Robert Henderson, (from old catalog) tr
Subjects: Bismarck, Otto, fürst von, 1815-1898. (from old catalog)
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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tant that the Bismarcks are continually representedas combatting the heathen Wends. There is certainly nothing-proved by it, but it would never have arisen had not this familybelonged to the followers of some German prince, who had es-tablished himself in the frontier Marks on the Elbe, and wagedunceasing war thence against the Slavonic tribes existing be-tween that river and the Oder. Thrice in this century has the dignity of Count been conferredon the Bismarcks of Schonhausen; we now therefore possessPrussian Counts of Bismarck-Bohlen, Wiirtemburg Counts of Bis-marck, the first line of which call themselves Counts of Bismarck-Schierstein, and the second line only Counts von Bismarck;finally, we have Prussian Counts of Bismarck-Schonhausen. The arms of the Prussian Counts of Bismarck-Bohlen are thusgiven:—The shield is bordered or and quartered, the first andfourth fields azure, displaying a trefoil or surrounded by threeoak leaves argent (Bismarck); in the second and third field a
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BISMARCKS FATHER.(Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Bismarck.) AEMS OF BISMAKCK-BOHLEN AND OF SCHIEKSTEIK 75 griffin gules on a roof-tree formed of five stones gules in steps(Boblen). The Bismarck crest is crowned and surmounted bytwo buffalo horns emblazoned azure and or crosswise, with asmall gold crown between the horns; the helmet trappings areazure and or. The centre (Bohlen) crest is crowned and sup-ported by two uncrowned griffins gules regardant on a trunk ofa tree ; the helmet trappings are azure and gules. The crownedcrest to the left displays three ostrich feathers, the centre one sa-ble, the others white; each ostrich feather bears a diamond ar-gent (perhaps for Schiverni); the helmet trappings gules and ar-gent. Between the shield and crest is the Counts coronet.Supporters, two crowned griffins gules regardant. The arms of the Wurtemberg Counts of Bismarck-Schierstein(called the first or .Nassau line, their family estate of Schiersteinlying in Nassau) are as follows:—The quart

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