Isbrand Daux

Isbrand Daux (* around 1520 ; † after 1592 , resident in Lausanne ) was a Swiss politician .

Daux was co-lord of the Prilly and Meier parish of the Crissier nobility . 1585 he served as mayor in Lausanne . As a great sympathizer and partisan of the Duke of Savoy , he became the main character of the Daux conspiracy , which was to take back the rule of Vaud and bring the city back to the Duchy. When the planned coup did not succeed, Daux fled to Évian-les-Bains , where he successfully went into hiding. His belongings were confiscated in 1589 and the Bernese Council of Two Hundred sentenced him to death by beheading in his absence .

Web links

• Fabienne Byrde / AW: Daux, Isbrand. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .