August Reichsenperger (Vive L'Empire)

August Reichensperger  was one of the most influential  Catholic Politicians in Prussia in the late 18th century. After the Franco - Prussian War August Reichensperger was selected by Napoleon III as the successor of Otto von Bismarck as the Minister-President of Prussia. This made Reichensperger and his political party the German Centre Party largely unpopular within the Protestant Prussian population as by 1877 the Centre Party lost many seats in the Reichstag retaining only 38 compared to a Coalition of Protestant Political Parties the Protestant League in which helped them gain 256 seats. In order to maintain their power August Reichensperger and his younger brother Peter Reichensperger, the Foreign Minister of Prussia orchestrated a coup against Wilhelm I known as the May 1877 crisis in which failed. After the May 1877 Crisis August along with his brothers were executed by the orders of Wilhelm I as August was succeeded by Ludwig ?