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

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n general and statesman, Count

Adam Albert von Neipperg 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. H ...

, who was the second husband of

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, eldest child of

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and widow of

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. From his father's marriage to Marie Louise, Alfred had three younger half-siblings, including

William Albert, 1st Prince of Montenuovo William Albert, 1st Prince of Montenuovo (8 August 18197 April 1895) was an Italian prince and Field Marshal Lieutenant of the Austrian Empire. Early life Count William Albert of Neipperg was born in 1819 at Parma, Duchy of Parma. He was the son ...

Early life

Neipperg was born on 26 January 1807 at

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in the

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. 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

's widow,

Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma Marie Louise (Maria Ludovica Leopoldina Franziska Theresia Josepha Lucia; 12 December 1791 – 17 December 1847) was Duchess of Parma from 11 April 1814 until her death in 1847. She was Napoleon's second wife and as such Empress of the French a ...

(a daughter of

, and

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). 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

. His father served as Prime Minister of

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from 1823 to 1829. 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

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), and Countess Marie Wilhelmine von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg.

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.C. Arnold McNaughton, ''The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes'' (

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: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 224.

Personal life

On 18 October 1835, he married Countess Giuseppina di Grisoni (1808–1837), a daughter of Francesco Grisoni and Maria Anna Catterina ( Pola) Grisoni. On 19 March 1840, he married Princess Marie Friederike Charlotte of Württemberg (1816–1887). Princess Marie was a daughter of King

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and Grand Duchess

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(the fourth daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia and Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg). Reportedly, the marriage, was an unhappy one, as was his sister-in-law

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's marriage to King

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. Marie's younger half-brother,

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, became King in June 1864 following the death of her father. Neipperg died on 16 November 1865, at age 58, at

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, Germany.

Ancestry

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neipperg, Alfred Von 1807 births 1865 deaths Members of the Württembergian Chamber of Lords Morganatic spouses Major generals of Württemberg

Early life

Career

Personal life

Ancestry

See also

References