2006-08-06 12:14:43 · 3 answers · asked by hagar 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Well, I spent most of my time in graduate school studying the "Iron Chancellor." He was the unifier of the modern German State, a master diplomat, defeated Austria and France in successive wars, but never in all of my readings did I come across anything even remotely akin to what you have asked.
He was one of the greatest historical figures of the 19th century really.
2006-08-06 17:28:47 · answer #1 · answered by anonymourati 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not true. You are confusing one incident that happened at the court of Kaiser William II Long after Bismark had been "retired" (fired.) However, because the incident ( you can read about the incident - under initial incident - and the subsequent scandal here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harden-Eulenburg_Affair ) there was a lot of political scheming that did include Bismark's old group. In any case the incident of the general in ballerina tutu belongs to the history of the Eulenberg / Harden case.
2006-08-06 20:18:26 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Knowitall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know...
I have been looking, out of curiosity after reading this question, but I can't seem to find anything about the man in question (well, not connected to generals and ballet)...
That is not to say he didn't - but, what I did find was Frederick William 1, of Prussia had a preference for tall soldiers, and used to parade them round his bedroom
More on this bizarre subject can be read here.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmonarchs/fredwil1/fredwil1_bio.htm
2006-08-06 19:22:52 · answer #3 · answered by HP 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋