Charles-Jules Guiguer de Prangins

Charles-Jules Guiguer de Prangins (born August 26, 1780 in Prangins , † July 7, 1840 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss politician and as a general in 1830 and 1838 commander in chief of the Swiss army .

Guiguer de Prangins was the son of a Swiss officer in the French service. In 1798 he joined the rebellious Vaudois troops, which conquered the Old Confederation under the French General Guillaume Brune . In 1799 he took part in the two battles of Zurich in the Second Coalition War on the French side .

In December 1830, the Diet appointed him general in order to be prepared for the impending war in Europe. Guiguer was appointed general a second time in 1838 when France wanted to force Switzerland to extradite Prince Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte .

As a politician, Guiguer became a Vaudois Grand Councilor at the age of 34 and later served as the Vaud State Councilor from 1827 to 1830 . His family owned the Prangins estate and castle .

Web links

Maurice Meylan: Guiguer, Charles-Jules (de Prangins). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

personal data
SURNAME	Guiguer de Prangins, Charles-Jules
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 26, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prangins
DATE OF DEATH	July 7, 1840
Place of death	Lausanne


Old Confederation before 1798	Ulrich von Sax (piano move, 1511) \| Johann Ludwig von Erlach (1633/1636) \| Sebastian Peregrin Zwyer (1653/1656) \| Wilhelm Bernhard von Muralt (1792) \| Karl Ludwig von Erlach (1798)
Helvetic Republic 1798-1803	Augustin Keller (Helvetik) \| Johann Weber (Helvetik) \| Joseph Leonz Andermatt (Helvetik) \| Pierre von der Weid (Helvetik)
Mediation and Restoration 1803--1847	Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (1805/1809/1813) \| Niklaus Franz von Bachmann (1815) \| Charles-Jules Guiguer de Prangins (1830/1838) \| Peter Ludwig von Donatz (1845) \| Guillaume Henri Dufour (1847) \| Johann Ulrich von Salis-Soglio (Sonderbund 1847)
State from 1848	Guillaume Henri Dufour (1849/1856/1859) \| Hans Herzog (German-French War, 1870–1871) \| Ulrich Wille (First World War, 1914–1918) \| Henri Guisan (Second World War, 1939–1945)