Amy Buisson

Amy Buisson (born April 24, 1649 in Geneva , † January 1, 1721 in Avesnes-sur-Helpe ) was a Swiss general in foreign services.

Life

Amy Buisson was the son of the Syndic Jean Buisson (1613-1666) and his third wife Susanne (1623-1669), daughter of the Attorney General Pierre Lect (1593-1630).

He entered French service in 1673 and became a lieutenant in the Swiss Guard until he exchanged this position for a company in the Greder Regiment in 1677 ; During this time he was a member of the Geneva Council of Two Hundred from 1675 .

In 1690 he moved to the Polier Regiment and became a brigadier in 1706 ; In 1715 he acquired the Bern regiment Hans Rudolf von May (1652–1715), which fought for the Bourbon royal house . He was the commander of the permanent places Huy , Charleroi , Ypres , Namur and Ghent , all of which are in what is now Belgium.

In 1716, Amy Buisson drafted a plan for new city fortifications in Geneva .

Fonts (selection)

Amy Buisson; Collet .; Jacques-André Saladin; Jean-Daniel Saladin: Mémoire sur le partage, pour le sieur Amy Buisson, héritier de César Buisson, son frère, contre Jacques-André et Jean-Daniel Saladin, banquiers de la ville de Genève, et consorts . Paris: Imp. De C. - L. Thiboust, 1715.

literature

Amy Buisson . In: Dictionnaire Biographique des Genevois et des Vaudoius . Lausanne 1877. p. 101. (French)

Web links

Ansgar Wildermann: Amy Buisson. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

^ Family tree of Pierre Lect. Accessed November 4, 2019 .
↑ May, Hans Rudolf von. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
↑ Marc Höchner: Selbstzeugnisse of Swiss mercenaries officers in the 18th century . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8470-0321-2 , pp. 277 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Buisson, Amy - First Engineers in Switzerland - a biographical directory. Retrieved on November 4, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).

personal data
SURNAME	Buisson, Amy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss general in foreign service
DATE OF BIRTH	April 24, 1649
PLACE OF BIRTH	Geneva
DATE OF DEATH	January 1, 1721
Place of death	Avesnes-sur-Helpe

[1] Family tree of Pierre Lect. Accessed November 4, 2019 .

[2] May, Hans Rudolf von. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .

[3] Marc Höchner: Selbstzeugnisse of Swiss mercenaries officers in the 18th century . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8470-0321-2 , pp. 277 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[4] Buisson, Amy - First Engineers in Switzerland - a biographical directory. Retrieved on November 4, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).