Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg
Wilhelm Reinhard Count von Neipperg (* 27. May 1684 in Schwaigern , † 26. May 1774 in Vienna ) was an imperial commander from the Swabian family of the Lords of Neipperg who in 1726 with his elevation to the imperial counts obtained the rank of count.
Life
Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, son of the imperial field marshal Eberhard Friedrich von Neipperg (1656-1725) and his wife Margareta Lucretia von Hornberg, spent his youth in Stuttgart and in 1702 entered imperial service in Vienna. In 1709 he was lieutenant colonel in his father's regiment. In 1715 he became a colonel. He distinguished himself in the Turkish War in 1716 near Temesvár and in 1717 near Belgrade , in 1717 he became provisional and in 1724 final owner of his father's infantry regiment (" Neipperg Infantry ", 1769: No.7). As major general in 1723 he became the tutor of Duke Franz Stephan of Lorraine, who later became Emperor Francis I , and then his trusted friend. Wilhelm Reinhard's daughter Maria Wilhelmina became the emperor's mistress.
Under Wilhelm Reinhard the sphere of activity of the Counts of Neipperg shifted from their areas of origin in Swabia to Vienna. His ties to the Catholic Habsburg court also probably led to the change of faith of the originally Reformed Neippergers back to Catholicism in 1717. In 1726 he was raised to the rank of imperial count and married Maria Franciska Countess von Khevenhüller (1702–1776), who also came from a family in the Habsburg service.
In 1730 Wilhelm Reinhard became governor of Luxembourg, took part in the war in Italy as a field marshal lieutenant in 1733 and horrified the besieged Mirandola in the process, became Feldzeugmeister in 1735, governor of Temesvár in 1737 and fought in the Turkish War .
On September 1, 1739 closed without authorization rushed and probably due to an error of judgment unfavorable to Austria-Hungary Treaty of Belgrade and was sure to imprisonment convicted. He was first held in Raab and then in the Glatz fortress . However , when Maria Theresa took the throne in 1740, she put down the proceedings against him and rehabilitated him.
In 1741 he had the general command of the Austrian army in Silesia , where he suffered a defeat against Friedrich II on April 10, 1741 in the battle of Mollwitz . Shortly after the battle, he was promoted to field marshal . In 1743 he took part in the battle of Dettingen , was then withdrawn from the field army and transferred to Vienna, where in 1753 he became the commanding general of the army corps stationed there and knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece . In 1755 he became vice-president in the court war council and in 1762 commanding general in the Archduchy of Austria and commander of the city of Vienna.
He died in 1774 and was buried in the crypt of the Khevenhüller family in the Schottenkirche in Vienna.
progeny
He had three children with his wife Maria Franziska Theresia, Countess von Khevenhüller-Frankenburg, a daughter of Franz Ferdinand Anton, Count Khevenhüller-Frankenburg, and his wife Maria Theresia, Baroness von Lubetich and Chapelot:
1. Johanna Juliana Christiana Josepha, Countess von Neipperg (born February 16, 1727), married to Thomas François Joseph Marquis d'Yve, Baron of Brandenburg Vicomte de Dinant
2. Leopold Joseph Johannes Nepomuk, Count von Neipperg (born March 27, 1728), first married to Maria Franziska Eugenie, Countess of Königsegg-Rothenfels-Erps, and second marriage to Maria Wilhelmina, Countess of Althann. After his third marriage to Maria Luise, Countess von Hatzfeld-Wildenburg, he married Berhardine Josepha Friederike von Wiser for the fourth time.
3. Maria Wilhelmina von Neipperg (born April 30, 1738), married to Johann Adam Joseph, Prince of Auersperg
Individual evidence
literature
- Karl Sommeregger: Neipperg, Wilhelm Reinhard Graf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 610-612.
- Oskar Regele : Count Reinhard Wilhelm von Neipperg's guilt for the Peace of Belgrade in 1739 and for the defeat at Mollwitz in 1741 . In: Mitteilungen des Österreichisches Staatsarchiv 7 (1954), pp. 373–398.
- Immo Eberl: The Lords and Counts of Neipperg. In: Werner Clement (Red.): Home book of the city of Schwaigern. Stadtverwaltung Schwaigern, Schwaigern 1994, pp. 385–428.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neipperg, Wilhelm Reinhard von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neipperg, Wilhelm Reinhard Graf von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian military leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1684 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwaigern |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1774 |
| Place of death | Vienna |