 frederick louis, prince of hohenlohe-ingelfingen () (31 january 1746 &ndash; 15 february 1818) was a prussian general. ==biography== frederick louis was the eldest son of henry august, 1st prince of hohenlohe-ingelfingen (; died 1796). 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 after the peace, he was, as a result of his princely rank, at once made a major; and in 1775 he was elevated to lieutenant-colonel. in 1778 frederick louis took part in the war of the bavarian succession and at 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 20 september. frederick louis was at this time the most popular soldier in the prussian army. blÃ¼cher wrote of him that he was a leader of whom the prussian army might well be proud. he succeeded his father in the principality, and acquired additional lands by his marriage with a daughter of count von hoym. in 1806 frederick louis, now a general of infantry, was appointed to command the left wing of the prussian forces opposing napoleon, having under him prince louis ferdinand of prussia; but, feeling that his career had been that of a prince and not that of a professional soldier, he allowed his quartermaster-general, the incompetent oberst (colonel) christian karl august ludwig von massenbach to influence him unduly. disputes soon broke out between hohenlohe and the commander-in-chief the duke of brunswick, the armies marched hither and thither without effectiv
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