Adam Albert von Neipperg

Adam Albert von Neipperg
Adam Albert, Count von Neipperg
Born8 April 1775 (1775-04-08)
Vienna, Archduchy of Austria
Died22 February 1829 (1829-02-23) (aged 53)
Parma, Duchy of Parma
AllegianceAustrian Empire Austrian Empire
Service/branchCavalry
Years of serviceAustrian Empire 1791–1829
RankAustrian Empire Feldmarschall-Leutnant and 2nd Colonel-Proprietor of the 3rd Hussar Regiment
Battles/warsBattle of Jemappes
Battle of Neerwinden
Siege of Valenciennes
Siege of Mainz
Battle of Verderio
Relief of Mantua
Battle of Marengo
Battle of Pozzolo
Battle of Leipzig
Battle of Ronco
Battle of Scapezzano
Battle of Tolentino (support)
AwardsAustrian Empire Tyrolean Silver Medal of Honor (1798)

Austrian Empire Order of Maria Theresa (1801)
France Order of the Légion d'Honneur (1810)
Sweden Order of the Sword (1812)
Russian Empire Order of St. George (1813)
Russian Empire Order of St. Anna (1813)
Kingdom of Sardinia Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus (1814)
Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit (1815)
Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George (1816)

Austrian Empire Order of Leopold (1825)
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.


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