Alfred von Neipperg

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.

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).

[2] His maternal grandparents were Count Antonio of Pola di Treviso and Countess Maria Antonia Floriana of Thurn-Valsassina.

Portrait of Count von Neipperg, by Natale Schiavoni
Portrait of his father and mother, and their children Alfred (left) and Ferdinand (right), by Giuseppe Lacedelli, 1810.
Portrait of Princess Marie of Württemberg, later Countess Neipperg, by Johann Michael Holder, c. 1840