Bismarck, Otto von, 1815 - 1898, conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890 and was the first Chancellor of the German Empire between 1871 and 1890. Bismarck as Rübezahl of Friedrichsruh. (Rübezahl: Mountain spirit, Friedrichsruh: Residence of the von Bismarck family). (Caricature of Bismarck's dismissal as Reichskanzler on 20th March 1890). From: Wiener Figaro, April 1890.