Franz Ludwig Pfyffer from Altishofen

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Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Altishofen (born April 23, 1699 in Lucerne ; † June 7, 1771 in Malta ) was commandant of the Swiss Guard in Rome from 1727 to 1754 .

Life

Franz Ludwig Pfyffer came from the Lucerne patrician family of Pfyffer von Altishofen and was a son of Grand Councilor Franz Lorenz Pfyffer and Eva Elisabeth von Sonnenberg. After attending grammar school in his hometown, he joined Lorraine in 1713 and French two years later. He was able to prove his descent from noble great-grandparents and became Johanniter in 1716 . From 1717 he was militarily active in Malta and in 1719 advanced to lieutenant . From 1727 he commanded the papal Swiss Guard, but was relieved of his post in 1749 due to his involvement in scandals. In 1742 he was given the command of Würzburg. In 1754 he was replaced by Jost Ignaz Pfyffer von Altishofen as commander of the Swiss Guard.

From 1755 onwards, old disputes that went back to the end of the 16th century were renewed when Pfyffer laid claim to the Großballei Brandenburg. For as early as when Ludwig from the von Roll family in Uri, who had become Knights of Malta in 1591, was to receive a commandery, the order's German party had opposed the order by denying Roll's noble descent. Likewise, German knights Pfyffer now disputed the dignity of receiving the Brandenburg ballot. Only before the master of the order in Heitersheim did they expire in 1759; Pope Clement XIII. confirmed this judgment in 1761, and in 1763 after a renewed investigation by the Rota . When the German knights turned to the Reichstag in Regensburg , they were forfeited there in 1764. As a result of the Pope's first pronouncement, Pfyffer came into the possession of the Brandenburg Ballei in 1762. He died in Malta in 1771 at the age of 72.

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personal data
SURNAME Pfyffer von Altishofen, Franz Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Commander of the Swiss Guard
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1699
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1771
Place of death Malta