Political decadence in imperial Germany

the long version

"Chlodwig Carl Viktor, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Prince of Ratibor and Corvey (German: Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Fürst von Ratibor und Corvey) (31 March 1819 ? 6 July 1901), usually referred to as the Prince of Hohenlohe, was a German statesman, who served as Chancellor of Germany and Prime Minister of Prussia from 1894 to 1900. Prior to his appointment as Chancellor, he had served in a number of other positions, including as Prime Minister of Bavaria (1866?1870), German Ambassador to Paris (1873?1880), Foreign Secretary (1880) and Imperial Lieutenant of Alsace-Lorraine (1885?1894). He was regarded as one of the most prominent liberal politicians of his time in Germany."--Wikipedia.