Together with the new Emperor, Schwarzenberg called in the Imperial Russian Army to help

suppress the Hungarian revolt, and thus give Austria free rein to attempt to thwart Prussia's drive
to dominate Germany. He undid democratic reforms and re-established monarchist control in
Austria, with the 1849 March Constitution that transformed the Habsburg Empire into a unitary,
centralized state. In matters of German dualism, he was able to impose the Punctation of
Olmütz on Prussia, forcing it to abandon, for the moment, its plan of unifying Germany under its
own auspices, and to acquiesce in the reformation of the old German Confederation.[2] At the
same time his government initiated substantial administrative, juridical, and educational reforms.
Schwarzenberg died in office at Vienna, suffering a stroke in the early evening of Monday, April
5, 1852.

Legacy[edit]
Schwarzenberg achieved substantial respect in Europe as an able statesman (some called him
the "Austrian Bismarck"), although he was not much trusted, even by his emperor. His own
statement (or alleged statement: according to historian Edward Crankshaw, it is apocryphal)
following the Russian intervention in Hungary, that Austria would "shock the world by the depth
of its ingratitude" was bitterly remembered in the Crimean War, a war which had the effect of
marring his posthumous reputation. Varying between the ideas of constitutionalism and the
revival of an absolute monarchy, Schwarzenberg managed to disappoint both liberal and
conservative circles. Nevertheless, his intelligence and powers of application were great; and his
sudden death has generally been seen by historians as a grave setback to Austria, given that
none of his successors in the emperor's reign possessed his European renown or political skill.
The honorary citizenship of Budapes