Johann Friedrich Willading

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Johann Rudolf Huber , Johann Friedrich Willading.

Johann Friedrich (von) Willading (baptized February 7, 1641 in Bern , † December 5, 1718, presumably in Bern) was a Swiss statesman .

Life

His Bernese patrician family leave Willading was 1694 leader located in Berne anti-French party. His ambitions were initially to politically hinder the supremacy dominated by Louis XIV in Europe and to break his influence in Switzerland. He also helped the fleeing Huguenots for several years by granting them asylum .

In 1707, Willading, together with the international diplomat François-Louis de Pesmes de Saint-Saphorin , solved the question of the Neuchâtel succession. At that time there were around fifteen applicants for rule in Neuchâtel, including François Louis de Bourbon , a Bourbon favorite of Louis XIV, and Friedrich I from the House of Hohenzollern , who was nevertheless favored by Willading and Bern . Willading was successful: the choice fell on Friedrich. With that he had pushed the influence of the French back to the confederation's borders .

For the last ten years of his life he was mayor of Bern .

See also

literature

  • Emil Blösch :  Willading, Johann Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 245-247.
  • Rudolf von Fischer: The politics of the mayor Johann Friedrich Willading (1641-1718) . Stämpfli Verlag, Bern 1927.
  • PERMEMZ: Tear sacrifice, on the earth burial of the once highly noble [...] Mr. Johann Friedenrich Willading, former Mr. Schulltheissen, laudable place Bern, Mr. Mattstetten and Urtenen: as the same after a desired blissful exit in [.. .] Honorary accompaniment, the body was brought to his rest chamber. this is what happened on the 8th Christian month 1718 , Bern 1718.
  • Roland Petitmermet: Schultheiss Willading and the legacy of Hofwil , Münchenbuchsee 1975.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Emanuel Zehender (1680–?), Clerk in Oberdiessbach.

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SURNAME Willading, Johann Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Willading, Johann Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss statesman and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH before February 7, 1641
PLACE OF BIRTH Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 1718
Place of death Switzerland