Alfred von Neipperg
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Alfred, Count von Neipperg (26 January 1807 – 16 November 1865) was a German soldier who married into the Württemberg royal family. He was the son of the Austrian general and statesman, Count Adam Albert von Neipperg, who was the second husband of Empress Marie Louise, eldest child of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and widow of Napoleon. From his father's marriage to Marie Louise, Alfred had three younger half-siblings, including William Albert, 1st Prince of Montenuovo.
Neipperg was born on 26 January 1807 at Schwaigern in the Kingdom of Württemberg. He was the eldest son of Adam Albrecht Adrian, Count von Neipperg, and Theresia, Countess Pola di Treviso. After his mother's death, his father married Napoleon's widow, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (a daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily).[1] Among his full siblings was younger brother Count Erwin von Neipperg. From his father's second marriage, his half-siblings were Countess Albertine di Montenuovo and William Albert, 1st Prince of Montenuovo. His father served as Prime Minister of Duchy of Parma from 1823 to 1829.[2]
His maternal grandparents were Count Antonio of Pola di Treviso and Countess Maria Antonia Floriana of Thurn-Valsassina. His paternal grandparents were Leopold Johann Nepomuk, Count von Neipperg, a diplomat famous for inventing a letter-copying machine (himself the son of Count Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg), and Countess Marie Wilhelmine von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg.[2]
Career
After the death of his father, he became head of the Neipperg family. Upon his death in 1865, he was succeeded as head of the family by his brother, Count Erwin von Neipperg.[2]
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