Friedrich von Bismarck

Friedrich August Ludwig, Graf von Bismarck (from 1862 von Bismarck-Schierstein) (19 August 1809 – 16 April 1893) was a German lawyer and Member of Parliament.

Early life Bismarck was born on 19 August 1809 in Biebrich, Wiesbaden into the Rhineland branch of the Schönhausen line of the House of Bismarck. He was the eldest son of Johann Heinrich Ludwig von Bismark (1774–1816) and his wife Anna Maria von Breidbach zu Bürresheim (1789–1871). Among his siblings were Countess Auguste Antonie Luise (wife of Baron Hans Carl von Thüngen), Countess Franziska Friederike Sophie Charlotte (wife of Count Karl von Giech), and Count Karl Friedrich Alexander von Bismarck. His paternal grandfather was Heinrich Christian von Bismarck.

In Bad Ems he served as bathing inspector during the spa period and director of the bathing establishments from 1855 to 1866.

Personal life On 14 June 1847, Bismarck married the English born Charlotte Henrietta Williams-Wynn (1815–1873) in Copenhagen where her father, Sir Henry Williams-Wynn, was serving as British Envoy to Denmark. Together, they were the parents of:

Gräfin Marie Henriette Katharina von Bismarck-Schierstein (b. 1848).

Count Bismarck died on 16 April 1893 in Wiesbaden-Schierstein. The title passed to his son but became extinct upon his death in 1910.