Archduke John of Austria (1782-1859) was a military leader, although unfortunately now chiefly remembered in that role for his defeat at the hands of Moreau at the Battle of Hohenlinden in Bavaria in 1800, closing the “War of the Second Coalition” during Europe’s Napoleonic Wars. Later in life he was appointed Regent of the Reich in Germany, replacing the German Confederation. The latter government was forced to reorganize in response to uprisings in many states in Germany after the French Revolution in 1848.
