Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
Austrian general
Born on: May 31, 1757Died on: April 6, 1844
Aged: 86 years 311 days (1042 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Austrian empire
Birth Sign: Gemini
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.
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