Johann Friedrich Maximilian Joseph Freiherr von Hertling (October 14, 1781 – August 4, 1850) was a Bavarian

Bavaria

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 Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General

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 and Acting War Minister from January 28 until June 9, 1839. He was the brother of Franz Xaver von Hertling

Franz Xaver von Hertling

Franz Xaver Joseph Ignaz Freiherr von Hertling was a Bavarian Lieutenant General and War Minister from December 12, 1836 until November 11, 1838.- Biography :...

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Biography

Von Hertling was born in Ladenburg

Ladenburg

Ladenburg is a town in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Neckar, 10 km east of Mannheim, and 10 km northwest of Heidelberg.It has an old town from the Late Middle Ages...

 as son of Jakob Anton von Hertling and Maria Anna Antonia Juliana, née von Weiler. Like his brother Franz Xaver

Franz Xaver von Hertling

Franz Xaver Joseph Ignaz Freiherr von Hertling was a Bavarian Lieutenant General and War Minister from December 12, 1836 until November 11, 1838.- Biography :...

 he joined the Bavarian army

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 in the last decade of the 18th century, and took part in all campaigns during 1800 and 1815

Napoleonic Wars

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. In 1817 he was advanced to Oberst, in 1831 to Major General

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 and Brigadier

Brigadier

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. One year later, while acting as war minister under Ludwig I of Bavaria

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 he became Lieutenant General and responsible as headman for army stud farming and horse recruitment (Gestüts- und Remontierungswesen). Von Hertling died in Munich

Munich

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