Hügel, Friedrich, Freiherr von

Ernst Eugen, Baron von Hügel (26 March 1774 – 30 March 1849) was a Württemberg General during the Napoleonic Wars and Minister of War between 1829 and 1842. == Early life == Hügel was born on 26 March 1774 in Ludwigsburg. He was the son of Susanna Margaretha von Walter and Johann Andreas von Hügel (1734–1807), who had been elevated to the rank of Baron in 1801. His father's surname was originally Lux, but he took von Hügel upon being adopted by Col. Johann Theobald von Hügel. Due to the inheri…