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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Athena Stavrou

How an €83m inheritance feud with Germany’s playboy prince could tear apart Otto von Bismarck’s dynasty

Carl-Eduard von Bismarck with the father who disinherited him, Ferdinand von Bismarck - (Getty)

The heirs of Otto von Bismarck, Germany’s legendary “Iron Chancellor”, are embroiled in a bitter courtroom battle over a fortune as grand as their family name.

Carl-Eduard von Bismarck, the so-called “black sheep” of the family, is suing his younger siblings, Gregor and Vanessa, for an €83m (£70m) share of their inheritance.

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