Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode
| Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode | |
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| Vice-Chancellor of Germany | |
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In office 1 June 1878 – 20 June 1881 |
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| Chancellor | Otto von Bismarck |
| Succeeded by | Karl Heinrich von Boetticher |
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| Born |
30 October 1837 Gedern, Grand Duchy of Hesse |
| Died | 19 November 1896 (aged 59) Wernigerode, Province of Saxony |
| Political party | Free Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Reuss of Köstritz |
| Occupation | Officer, diplomat, politician |
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| Allegiance | Prussia, German Empire |
Otto Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (30 October 1837 – 19 November 1896) was an Imperial German politician and the first Vice-Chancellor of Germany.
He was born at Gedern Castle, Hesse, the third and last child of Count Hermann zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1802–1841, himself a son of Henry of Stolberg-Wernigerode) and his wife Countess Emma zu Erbach-Fürstenau (great-granddaughter of George Albert III, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau). The ancient noble House of Stolberg had been quasi-sovereign rulers of their County of Stolberg-Wernigerode until the German Mediatisation, when they came under the jurisdiction of Prussia in 1815. His elder brother Albert (Albrecht) died, when he was four years old, his father died shortly afterwards from grief over the loss.
Having been schooled in Duisburg, he read law and administration science at the universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg. Between 1859 and 1861, he served as a cavalry officer in the Gardes du Corps regiment of the Prussian Army. Stolberg had his Wernigerode Castle residence rebuilt in a lavish Gründerzeit style. In 1867 he was appointed First President (Oberpräsident) of the Prussian Province of Hanover at the instigation of Minister-president Otto von Bismarck.
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