II. LUDWIG ALOYSIUS

ii. ludwig aloysius, prince of hohenlohe-waldenburg-bartenstein (1765-1829), marshal and peer of france, was born on the 18th of august 1765. in 1784 he entered the service of the palatinate, which he quitted in 1792 in order to take the command of a regiment raised by his father for the service of the emigrant princes of france. he greatly distinguished himself under conde in the campaigns of 1792-1793, especially at the storming of the lines of weissenburg. subsequently he entered the service of holland, and, when almost surrounded by the army of general pichegru, conducted a masterly retreat from the island of bommel. from 1794 to 1799 he served as colonel in the austrian campaigns; in 1799 he was named major-general by the archduke charles; and after obtaining the rank of lieutenant-general he was appointed by the emperor governor of the two galicias. napoleon offered to restore to him his principality on condition that he adhered to the confederation of the rhine, but as he refused, it was united to wurttemberg. after napoleon's fall in 1814 he entered the french service, and in 1815 he held the command of a regiment raised by himself, with which he took part in the spanish campaign of 1823. in 1827 he was created marshal and peer of france. he died at luneville on the 30th of may 1829.