Kaspar Freuler (Colonel)

Kaspar Freuler
(Museum of the State of Glarus, Freuler Palace )

Kaspar Freuler (* around 1595 in Näfels , Canton Glarus ; † November 1, 1651 between Bourges and Poitiers ) was a Swiss soldier and troop leader .

family

Kaspar Freuler was born around 1595 in Näfels , Canton Glarus, as the son of Christoph Freuler and grandson of the famous mercenary leader Kaspar Gallati , who was in command of the Swiss Guards Regiment from 1616 to 1619.

Freuler was married twice: once to Margareta Hässi, daughter of Fridolin Hässi, who was in command of the Swiss Guard Regiment from 1628 to 1635, and then to Anna Reding, daughter of Heinrich Reding.

Kaspar Freuler died on November 1st, 1651 between Bourges and Poitiers and is buried in Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe ( Poitou ).

Military career

He entered French service in the Gallati regiment in 1613, became a lieutenant in 1613 and captain of the colonel in the Swiss Guards Regiment in 1619 and its commander from 1635 to 1651. His successor in the command from 1651 to 1655 was his brother-in-law Johann Melchior Hässi.

He took part in numerous campaigns by Louis XIII. participated, for example in the siege of La Rochelle , in southern France against the Huguenots , against Spain and in the occupation of the imperial-friendly Lorraine in 1633 as part of the Thirty Years War . He protected Louis XIV with the Guard during the Fronde and was fatally wounded in 1651 fighting in the streets of Paris.

He was ennobled in 1637 and made Knight of the Order of St. Michael in 1646 .

The Freuler Palace

He built the Freuler Palace in Näfels from 1642 to 1648 .

bibliography

Abbé Jean-François Girard: Histoire abrégée des officiers suisses qui se sont distingués aux services étrangers dans des grades supérieurs: rangée par ordre alphabétique sur des mémoires & ouvrages autentiques, depuis le commencement du XVIe siècle jusqu'à nos jours, avecal sur chaque famille. Tome 1, chez B. Louis Piller imprimeur, Friborg 1781. Freuler in the Google book search.
Jürg Davatz: The Freuler Palace in Näfels. Bäschlin Verlag, Glarus 1993.

Web links

Museum of the State of Glarus

Individual evidence

↑ Veronika Feller-Vest: Freuler, Kaspar. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
↑ Veronika Feller-Vest: Hässi, Fridolin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
↑ Franz Auf der Maur, Josef Wiget: Reding, Heinrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
^ The first company of the regiment, owned by the regiment commander
↑ Veronika Feller-Vest: Hässi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
↑ Participation in the
campaign of Kaspar Freuler (based on Abbé Girard):

Campaigns 1621–22 by Louis XIII.
- 1620 Battle of Les Ponts-de-Cé ;
- 1621 sieges of Saumur, St-Jean d'Angély , Clairac and Montauban ;
- 1622 expedition to the Île de Ré , sieges of Royan , Nègrepelisse , St-Antonin and others;
- 1628 siege of La Rochelle ;
- 1629 sieges of Suze and Privas ;
- 1638 siege of Montmélian ;
- 1641 siege of Aire-sur-la-Lys ;
- 1644 Siege of Gravelines ;
- 1648 fighting of the Fronde for Paris;
- 1649 campaign in Picardy;
- In 1651 he was used against an uprising in the streets of Paris, where he was fatally wounded.

personal data
SURNAME	Freuler, Kaspar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss-French military
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1595
PLACE OF BIRTH	Näfels
DATE OF DEATH	November 1, 1651

[1] Veronika Feller-Vest: Freuler, Kaspar. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

[2] Veronika Feller-Vest: Hässi, Fridolin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

[3] Franz Auf der Maur, Josef Wiget: Reding, Heinrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

[4] The first company of the regiment, owned by the regiment commander

[5] Veronika Feller-Vest: Hässi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

[6] Participation in the campaign of Kaspar Freuler (based on Abbé Girard):

Campaigns 1621–22 by Louis XIII.

1620 Battle of Les Ponts-de-Cé ;

1621 sieges of Saumur, St-Jean d'Angély , Clairac and Montauban ;

1622 expedition to the Île de Ré , sieges of Royan , Nègrepelisse , St-Antonin and others;

1628 siege of La Rochelle ;

1629 sieges of Suze and Privas ;

1638 siege of Montmélian ;

1641 siege of Aire-sur-la-Lys ;

1644 Siege of Gravelines ;

1648 fighting of the Fronde for Paris;

1649 campaign in Picardy;

In 1651 he was used against an uprising in the streets of Paris, where he was fatally wounded.

[7] 1620 Battle of Les Ponts-de-Cé ;

[8] 1621 sieges of Saumur, St-Jean d'Angély , Clairac and Montauban ;

[9] 1622 expedition to the Île de Ré , sieges of Royan , Nègrepelisse , St-Antonin and others;

[10] 1628 siege of La Rochelle ;

[11] 1629 sieges of Suze and Privas ;

[12] 1638 siege of Montmélian ;

[13] 1641 siege of Aire-sur-la-Lys ;

[14] 1644 Siege of Gravelines ;

[15] 1648 fighting of the Fronde for Paris;

[16] 1649 campaign in Picardy;

[17] In 1651 he was used against an uprising in the streets of Paris, where he was fatally wounded.