Bartholomew Allet

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Bartholomäus Allet (* around 1540, † around 1620) was a Swiss governor , banner lord and officer in foreign services .

Life

Bartholomew Allet came from a Valais patrician family and was the son of Valais provincial governor Peter Allet (* 1510 in Leuk, † between 24.03 and 05.18.1569.). He had two sisters and an older brother.

In the years 1571, 1581, 1596 and 1602 he was Meier des Zenden Leuk and from 1580 until his death his banner owner .

From 1583 to 1585 he administered the Monthey bailiwick in Lower Valais .

He entered French service and fought as a captain on the side of King Henry IV in the battle of Ivry .

Bartholomäus Allet was married to Katharina Courten (1540–1592) for the first time. They had six children together:

  • Christina Allet (* around 1560), married to the mayor of Sion Anton de Platea (* around 1560);
  • Ursula Allet, married to the innkeeper Stephan Meichtry (* around 1600);
  • Peter Allet (* around 1565; † 1646), governor, married to Margrith, son of Martin Guntern;
  • Katharina Allet (* around 1570; † 1642), married in first marriage to Governor Anton Waldin (* around 1560), in second marriage to Bartholomäus Wyss (born around 1570) and in third marriage to Governor Michael Mageran (* around 1560) 1575; † April 21, 1638);
  • Eva Allet (* around 1592), married to the notary Theodor Brunner (* around 1580).

In his second marriage he was married to Elisabeth (* around 1540 in Brig), daughter of Governor Peter Stockalper and in his third marriage to Christina Guntern.

Reformation work

Around 1585 the first Reformed lay associations arose in Sitten and Leuk, whose members met regularly to read the Bible, discuss, pray and sing the psalms. They discussed and argued about how they should behave in their Catholic environment and how they should shape their lives according to the Word of God. The Protestants in Valais met rejection not primarily from their Catholic neighbors, but from the Bishop of Sitten, who first sought to prevent Reformed religious practices in 1591. In the upper Zenden there were unrest and threats of violence against the Reformed and against the three lower Zenden Leuk, Siders and Sitten, where most of the Reformed lived.

At the beginning of the 17th century, Bartholomäus Allet, like his father, was one of the leading representatives of the Reformed faith in Leuk. In the eyes of the Catholic towns, Allet was considered the "most evil" of the Wallis Protestants and, after the land clerk and state chancellor Jakob Guntren, "the most harmful". His son-in-law Michael Mageran later broke the secular and ecclesiastical power of the Bishop of Sitten.

literature

  • Hans Anton von Roten: On the history of the reformed community Leuk . In Vallesia, 46: 39-66 (1991). P. 49 and 66.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Allet, Peter. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
  2. ^ Johann Jakob Leu: General Helvetisches, Eydgenössisches or Schweitzerisches Lexicon . by Hans Ulrich Denzler, 1756, p. 106 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ↑ Mageran, Michael. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
  4. ^ Family tree of Christina Guntern. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
  5. ^ Caroline Schnyder: Reformation and Democracy in Valais (1524-1613). (PDF) Retrieved November 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Allet, Bartholomew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Vogt, banner owner and officer in foreign service
DATE OF BIRTH around 1540
DATE OF DEATH around 1620