Adam Albert von Neipperg | |
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Born | 8 April 1775 Vienna, Archduchy of Austria |
Died | 22 February 1829 Parma, Duchy of Parma | (aged 53)
Allegiance | Austrian Empire |
Service | Cavalry |
Years of service | 1791–1829 |
Rank | Feldmarschall-Leutnant and 2nd Colonel-Proprietor of the 3rd Hussar Regiment |
Battles / wars | |
Awards | Tyrolean Silver Medal of Honor (1798) Order of Maria Theresa (1801) |
Other work | Prime Minister and Ehren-Kavalier to Duchess Maria Luigia 1821–1829 |
Adam Albert, Count von Neipperg (8 April 1775 – 22 February 1829) was an Austrian general and statesman. He was the son of a diplomat famous for inventing a letter-copying machine, and the grandson of Count Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg. His second wife, Empress Marie-Louise, was the widow of Napoleon and a daughter of Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor and founding Emperor of the Austrian Empire.