page_title: Ems Dispatch
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caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Gedenkstein der Emser Depesche in Bad Ems: 13. Juli 1870 9 Uhr 10 min morgens Dieser Gedenkstein bezeichnet Ort und Zeitpunkt der Unterredung zwischen König Wilhelm I. von Preußen und dem französischen Botschafter Graf Benedetti, in deren Verlauf Wilhelm I. die französische Forderung, für alle Zeiten für das Haus Hohenzollern auf die spanische Thronkandidatur zu verzichten, ablehnte. Die telegrafische Unterrichtung des Kanzlers von Bismarck in Berlin und dessen Veröffentlichung in einer gekürzten und verschärften Fassung führte im Verlauf der politischen Krise um die spanische Thronkandidatur zum Ausbruch des deutsch-französischen Krieges 1870/71. English: Memorial stone to the Ems Dispatch in Bad Ems 13 July 1870, 9 O'clock 10 minutes in the morning. This memorial stone indicates the time and place of the meeting between King William I of Prussia and the French ambassador, Comte Benedetti. During this interview William I denied the French demand that Hohenzollern dynasty should renounce its candidacy for the throne of Spain, including a guarantee never to renew it. The Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck was informed by telegraph. He published an edited version, making it shorter and more provoking to the French. This led, during the political crisis concerning the candidacy for the Spanish throne, to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, 1870/71. Français&#160;: Monument commémoratif de la Dépêche d'Ems à Bad Ems 13 Juillet 1870, 9 heures 10 minutes le matin Cette pierre commémorative désigne le lieu et l'heure de l'entretien entre le roi Wilhelm I de Prusse et l'ambassadeur français, le comte Benedetti, au cours duquel Wilhelm I refusa la demande française à savoir que la maison de Hohenzollern renonce à jamais à la candidature au trône d'espagnol. L'information télégraphique du chancelier von Bismarck à Berlin et la publication dans une version raccourcie et durcie conduit au cours de cette crise politique concernant la candidature trône d'espagnol à la guerre franco-allemande de 1870-71.
context_page_description: The Ems Dispatch, sometimes called the Ems Telegram, was published on 14 July 1870 and incited the Second French Empire to start the Franco-Prussian War and to declare war on the Kingdom of Prussia on 19 July 1870. The actual dispatch was an internal message from Prussian King Wilhelm I's vacationing site to Otto von Bismarck in Berlin, reporting demands made by the French ambassador. Bismarck, the chancellor of the North German Confederation, released a statement to the press that stirred up emotions in France and Germany.
  The name referred to Bad Ems, a resort spa east of Koblenz on the Lahn river, then in Hesse-Nassau, a new possession of Prussia.
context_section_description: The Ems Dispatch (French: Dépêche d'Ems, German: Emser Depesche), sometimes called the Ems Telegram, was published on 14 July 1870 and incited the Second French Empire to start the Franco-Prussian War and to declare war on the Kingdom of Prussia on 19 July 1870. The actual dispatch was an internal message from Prussian King Wilhelm I's vacationing site to Otto von Bismarck in Berlin, reporting demands made by the French ambassador. Bismarck, the chancellor (head of government) of the North German Confederation, released a statement to the press that stirred up emotions in France and Germany.
  The name referred to Bad Ems, a resort spa east of Koblenz on the Lahn river, then in Hesse-Nassau, a new possession of Prussia.
caption: Memorial stone to the Ems Dispatch in Bad Ems
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