Ludwig von Rochau

August Ludwig von Rochau (20 August 1810 in Wolfenbüttel – 15 October 1873 in Heidelberg) was a German journalist and politician. He engaged in the ''Frankfurter Wachensturm'' of 1833 and subsequently spent ten years of exile in France. He published the famous ''Grundsätze der Realpolitik, angewendet auf die staatlichen Zustände Deutschlands'' ("Practical Politics: an Application of its Principles to the Situation of the German States") in 1853. Provided by Wikipedia