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Why did Klemens von Metternich leave the University of Strasbourg in 1790?
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Klemens von Metternich
Klemens von Metternich, black and white chalk drawing by Anton Graff, c. 1803–05; in the Dresden State Art Collections, Dresden, Germany.
Klemens von Metternich left the University of Strasbourg in 1790 because the spread of the French Revolution prompted him to depart the city and continue his studies at the University of Mainz.1