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Who were Otto von Bismarck’s parents?

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Otto von Bismarck’s parents were:

Ferdinand von Bismarck-Schönhausen: A Junker squire and a typical member of the Prussian landowning elite. He was descended from a Swabian family that had settled as estate owners in Pomerania.12
Wilhelmine Mencken: She came from an educated bourgeois family that had produced several academics and higher civil servants.12