Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen was a Prussian general and the eldest son of Prince John Frederick of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen. Frederick Louis was born in Ingelfingen. He began his military career as a boy, serving against the Prussians in the last years of the Seven Years' War. Entering the Prussian army in 1768 after the peace, he was on account of his rank as prince at once made major, and in 1775 he became lieutenant-colonel. In 1778 Frederick Louis took part in the War of the Bavarian Succession and about the same time was made a colonel. Shortly before the death of King Frederick the Great he was promoted to the rank of major general and appointed chief of a regiment. For some years the prince did garrison duty at Breslau, until in 1791 he was made governor of Berlin. In 1794 he commanded a corps in the Prussian army on the Rhine and distinguished himself greatly in many engagements, particularly in the Battle of Kaiserslautern on September 20.