Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg
Count Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg (27 May 1684 – 26 May 1774) was an Austrian general.
Biography
Born in
Temesvar in 1716 and at Belgrade
in 1717.
After fighting against the Turks, he renounced his military career in order to attend to the education of
Frederick II of Prussia.[3]
Nonetheless he became an Imperial field marshal later that year.
His daughter, Maria Wilhelmina von Neipperg, became mistress of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. His grandson Adam Albert von Neipperg married Napoleon's widow Marie Louise.
He died at Vienna in 1774, just one day before his 90th birthday.
Notes
- ^ Wheatcroft, Andrew, The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe, (Bodley Head Random House, 2008), 240.
- ^ Ingrao, Charles W., The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815, (Cambridge University Press, 1994), 147.
- ^ Jones, Archer, The art of war in the Western world, (University of Illinois Press, 1987), 295.
References
- Ingrao, Charles W., The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815, Cambridge University Press, 1994.
- Jones, Archer, The art of war in the Western world, University of Illinois Press, 1987.
- Wheatcroft, Andrew, The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe, Bodley Head Random House, 2008.
External links
Media related to Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg at Wikimedia Commons
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