Marquis Wilhelm von Klopstock was a disgraced former member of the Imperial high nobility, who died by suicide after a failed assassination attempt on Kaiser Friedrich IV in 796 UC.<br /> Deeply bitter toward Kaiser Friedrich IV and Duke Otho von Braunschweig, Marquis Klopstock blamed them for the untimely death of his only son and heir, Johann von Klopstock.<br /> <br /> (Source: Gineipaedia)<br /><br />