Jakob von Wattenwyl

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Jakob von Wattenwyl, ideal portrait (18th century)
Alliance disk Jakob von Wattenwyl and Magdalena von Muleren in the Ligerz Church (after 1484)

Jakob von Wattenwyl (* 1466 ; † June 13, 1525 in Bern ) was a Swiss politician .

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Jakob von Wattenwyl was a son of the Venner Niklaus von Wattenwyl and Barbara von Erlach. He was brought up as a page at the Savoy court and trained accordingly. In 1484 he married Magdalena von Muleren, a daughter of Urban von Muleren , and so came to extensive property in the towns of Burgistein , Kirchdorf and Gerzensee and to large vineyards in Ligerz . He participated in trading companies, such as that of Jörg von Laupen, and in a mining company in the Bernese Oberland. He bought salt rents in Salins-les-Bains . In 1485 he joined the aristocratic society for thistle compulsion and became a councilor of Bern . From 1487 he became a member of the Small Council, from 1490 to 1495 he officiated as mayor of Thun , 1496 to 1500 and 1504 to 1506 as Venner zu Pfistern and 1506 and 1512 as sack master. In 1499 he was one of the leaders of the Bernese in the Swabian War with Wilhelm von Diesbach . In 1512 he became mayor of Bern for the first time, after which he alternated every two years with Wilhelm von Diesbach. In the Milan Wars , Jakob von Wattenwyl sided with Savoy and the Pope. In 1513 he commanded the Bern vanguard before Dijon . As the commander of the second Bernese contingent in Lombardy, before the Battle of Marignano in 1515, he defended himself in vain against the acceptance of the French peace offers and the recall of the Bernese troops. Together with Wilhelm von Diesbach, he represented Bern in the negotiations with France that led to the conclusion of the Eternal Peace in 1516. With the businessman Bartholomäus May and Johannes and Berchtold Haller he was one of the first supporters of the Reformation in Bern.

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  1. ↑ Hans Braun: Wattenwyl, Jakob von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
predecessor Office successor
Hans Rudolf von Scharnachthal Schultheiss of Bern
1515 to 1525 		Johann von Erlach
personal data
SURNAME Wattenwyl, Jakob von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1466
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1525
Place of death Bern