Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Friedrich Franz Xaver, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen was an Austrian general. He joined the Austrian military and fought against the Kingdom of Prussia, Ottoman Turkey, and the First French Republic. He was promoted to the rank of general officer during the French Revolutionary Wars. Hohenzollern took one of the main roles in the Second Battle of Bassano and the Battle of Caldiero (1796). During the Napoleonic Wars, he led a division in 1805 and an army corps in 1809. He was Proprietor (Inhaber) of an Austrian cavalry regiment from 1802 to 1844.