Wilhelm Lothar Maria von Kerpen

Wilhelm Lothar Maria, Freiherr von Kerpen (24 May 1741 – 26 December 1823) was an Austrian general.

Early life Kerpen was the son of Baron Lothar Franz von Kerpen (1706-1768) and his wife, Maria Charlotte Mohr von Wald (1709-1789). He received his initial education at the court of the Elector of Trier Franz Georg von Schönborn before beginning his studies at the University of Würzburg.

Kerpen was deputy to the commanding general of Bohemia from 1803 to 1807. He became Imperial Privy Councilor and Chamberlain in 1807. He was commanding general of Inner Austria from 1807 to 1809, during which time he received promotion to Feldzeugmeister. He served as Vice President of the Aulic Council from January 1810 to November 1813. In the latter year he retired from military service.

Personal life He married Baroness Maria Antoinette von Hornstein-Göffingen (1757-1828). Anna Maria von Kerpen (1784–1862), who married Count Friedrich Karl Joseph von Schönborn, youngest son of Count Hugo Damian Erwein von Schönborn-Wiesentheid, in 1811.

Baron von Kerpen died at Vienna in 1823.