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Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg

Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg (27 May 1684 – 26 May 1774) was an Austrian general.

Born in Schwaigern, he descended from an ancient family from Swabia, his father Eberhard Friedrich von Neipperg (1655-1725) having been an Imperial Field Marshal. Spent his boyhood in Vienna and in 1702 joined the Imperial Service. He was a Obristlieutnant in his father's regiment in 1709, and by 1715 was a colonel. He distinguished himself at 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 Duke Francis I, the future Holy Roman Emperor. Was with Fieldmarshal Wallis, at the Battle of Grocka and negotiated the Peace of Belgrade (1739). Two years later, during the War of Austrian Succession, he commanded the Austrian Army which was defeated at the Battle of Mollwitz by Frederick II of Prussia.

He died at Vienna in 1774.

 
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