Erwin von Neipperg

Count Erwin Franz Ludwig Bernhard Ernst von Neipperg (6 April 1813 – 2 March 1897) was an Austrian General of the Cavalry of Württembergian descent who was notable for being the main commander at the Battle of Aschaffenburg. Early life Neipperg was born on 6 April 1813 in Schwaigern, in the Kingdom of Württemberg. He was the youngest son of General Count Adam Albert von Neipperg (a grandson of Count Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg) and his first wife, Countess Theresa von Pola di Treviso (1778–1815). His elder brother, Count Alfred von Neipperg, married Princess Marie Friederike Charlotte of Württemberg (a daughter of King William I of Württemberg and Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, the fourth daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia). After his mother's death, Adam Albert would marry Archduchess Maria Luisa of Habsburg-Lorraine, Napoleon's widow and daughter of Emperor Franz II, thus acquiring the title of Count of Neipperg. Career Neipperg completed military studies and after the death of his father acquired, in coregency with his brothers Alfred, Ferdinand and Gustav, lead the village of Schwaigern with its annexation of Burg Neipperg, the hunting grounds in Kleingartach, Bönningheim and Erlingheim as well as lands in Schwaigern and a forest near Neipperg. In 1833, he and his brothers closed a trust on the succession, which gave all the property to the eldest son and regulated the succession in the event of the termination of a line of descendants.