Hohenhausen was born in
Dachau, the son of Johann Nepomuk
Freiherr von Hohenhausen (also called "Peregrinus") by his marriage to Maria Anna,
Freiin von Wittorf. He was a nephew of Major-General
Sylvius Maximilian von Hohenhausen (born 1738). Leonhard von Hohenhausen served in the
Bavarian army during the campaigns between
1805 and 1815. In 1839 he became
Major General and
Brigadier. After acting as war minister under
Ludwig I of Bavaria from 1847 to 1848 he was advanced to
Lieutenant General and became a divisional commander. In 1861 he was appointed as "Generalkapitän", commanding officer of the
Hartschiers' a Bavarian life guards troop. In 1867 he was advanced to the rank of a
General der Kavallerie. Hohenhausen was also the tutor of
Crown Prince Maximilian. Hohenhausen was married three times. With his first wife Magdalena, née Kleinknecht (1790–1846), he had one daughter, and with his second wife Anna, née Pol (1826–1862), he had five daughters and one son. With his third wife Wilhelmine, née Fischer-Rhomberg (1827–1883), he had no children. On 27 April 1861 he was awarded with the
honorary citizenship by the city of
Augsburg. He was buried in the
Old Southern Cemetery in
Munich. == Notes ==