Caprivi

Caprivi, GEORG LEO, GRAF VON, German imperial chancellor, is descended from a family originally Friulian, which settled in Silesia in the 17th century, and is sometimes called Caprivi de Caprara de Montecuculi. Count Georg Leo, born in Berlin, 24th February 1831, entered the army in 1849, fought in the campaigns of 1864 and 1866, and in the Franco-German war of 1870 was chief of the staff to the 10th Army Corps. In 1883-88 he was at the head of the Admiralty; in 1888 he became commander of his old army corps. Hence he was removed, on the fall of Bismarck in 1890, to become imperial chancellor and Prussian prime-minister. His chief measures were army bills and a commercial treaty with Russia; in 1894 he resigned. He died 6th February 1899.