Short answers, pulled from the story.
Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim entered the world on the 9th of November 1744 in the quiet village of Bolheim. This small settlement now belongs to the town of Zülpich within the Eifel region of Germany.
On the 17th of July 1797 Hompesch won the election for Grand Master. This victory made him a Prince of the Church and marked him as the first German to hold the office.
Napoleon commanded 29,000 men against Hompesch's force of only 7,000 soldiers. The French fleet began disembarking on the 10th of June supported by local Maltese insurrectionists and Hompesch capitulated on the 11th of June after facing overwhelming odds.
No letter of abdication reached the pope as required by canon law. The pope never accepted his resignation and he settled in Ljubljana while claiming his abdication was invalid because it was written under duress.
He died penniless there one year later on the 12th of May 1805 due to asthma. His final resting place is the Church of Saint Eulalie in Montpellier.