Manteuffel Otto Theodokvon

Manteuffel, Otto Theodok von (1802-82), a Prussian statesman, was cousin of the Field Marshal. After holding various important legal offices, he in 1847 became Prussian Minister of the Interior. He was the chief opponent of the revolutionists; but bis name is chiefly remembered for his mistake in giving way to Austria at Olmiitz in 1850, by which the transference of the German supremacy to Prussia was delayed for several years. His career closed eight years later, when Frederick William IV. became insane.