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To: Jimmy Valentine
A Junker was a member of the landed nobility of Prussia and eastern Germany. Bismarck was born in Schoenhausen, the wealthy family estate situated west of Berlin in the Prussian Province of Saxony. His father, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Bismarck (Schönhausen, 13 November 1771 – 22 November 1845), was a Junker estate owner and a former Prussian military officer;

The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near Hechingen.

Being a Junker prince is not mutually exclusive with being a member of the Hohenzollern family.

Sorry, But Bismark did not create Germany.

Thanks for your information.

19 posted on 07/13/2011 8:06:12 AM PDT by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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To: Rudder
"Sorry, But Bismark did not create Germany."

Disagree. As the "Iron" Chancellor of Germany under Wilhelm 1st he expanded Prussia into modern Germany. If he is not the creator of modern Germany whom do you suggest was?

20 posted on 07/13/2011 3:29:18 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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