Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tino paopao a Ludwig i te hononga a tona papa me Napoleon I o France engari ahakoa tana kaupapa anti-French i uru te rangatira rangatira ki nga pakanga a te emepara me nga hoia Bavarian i te tau 1806. Hei rangatira mo te 1st Bavarian Division i te VII Corps, i mahi ia i raro i te Marshal François Joseph Lefebvre i te 1809. I arahina e ia tana wehenga ki te mahi i te
Te Pakanga o Abensberg i te 20 o Aperira.