Johann Anton Tillier (councilor, 1604)
Johann Anton Tillier (IV.) (Baptized February 28, 1604 ; † 1682 ) was a Bernese and Swiss politician and came from the Bernese patrician family Tillier .
Life
Tillier became Bernese Grand Councilor in 1627, Grossweibel in 1631, Schultheiss von Burgdorf in 1634 , member of the Small Council in 1640, Vogt in Lausanne in 1648, and Welschseckelmeister in 1650. In this capacity as a member of the government of the city-state of Bern, he conducted negotiations with the peasant leader Niklaus Leuenberger and the rebellious peasants from the Emmental during the Swiss Peasants' War in 1653 . Tillier became salt director in 1668 and Venner in 1674 .
Web links
literature
- Thomas von Graffenried: Tilier, Johann Anton. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Bernhard von Rodt: Genealogies of the civil sexes of the city of Bern, Volume 5 (1950), Mss. Hh LII. 9. 5, pp. 269-270.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tillier, Johann Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bernese and Swiss politicians |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized February 28, 1604 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1682 |