Johann Maria Philipp Frimont

Johann Maria Philipp Frimont, Count of Palota, Prince of Antrodoco (3 February 1759 – 26 December 1831) was an Austrian general.

Frimont was born at Fénétrange, in the Duchy of Lorraine. He entered the Austrian cavalry as a trooper in 1776, won his commission in the War of the Bavarian Succession, and took part in the Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791) and in the early campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars, in which he frequently earned distinction.

At the Battle of Frankenthal in 1795 he won the Military Order of Maria Theresa. In the campaign of 1800 he distinguished himself greatly as a cavalry leader at Marengo (14 June), and in the next year became major-general. In the War of the Third Coalition he was again employed in Italy and won further renown by his gallantry at the Battle of Caldiero. In 1809 he again saw active service in Italy under the Archduke John in the rank of lieutenant field marshal,