Louis Wyrsch

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Franz Alois "Louis" Wyrsch (born February 2, 1793 in Bellinzona , † April 21, 1858 in Ennetbürgen ) was a Swiss politician and military commander.

Life

Wyrsch was the son of the bailiff of the Riviera, commissioner in Bellinzona and Spanish captain Franz Alois Wyrsch and Marie Konstantia von Flüe.

He received his training at the royal seminary of San Pablo in Valencia and in his father's regiment, and after his father's death in 1807 he returned home with the family to Nidwalden. He attended the Rheinau monastery school until 1812 and then did a commercial apprenticeship in Belfort.

In 1814 he entered the Dutch military as a commoner, took part in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 , where he was promoted to corporal . He then joined the Dutch colonial troops, came to the Dutch East Indies in 1816, where he participated in the conquest of Bali , and in 1825 became military and civil commander of the south and east coast of Borneo . In 1832 he returned to Unterwalden , became Obervogt in 1834 and was Landammann between 1840 and 1858 . He commanded the Sonderbund The Nidwaldner battalion and 1849 was a deputy in the Constitutional Council , and from 1850 to 1857 mayor in Ennetbürgen .

Wyrsch's first marriage around 1824 was Johanna van den Berg, a Javanese Malay who probably died in 1832 on a trip to Holland. From this comes Alois Wyrsch , a later National Councilor . From 1834 he was married to Theresia Stockmann, who later gave birth to a Councilor of States with Jakob Konstantin Wyrsch .

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SURNAME Wyrsch, Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wyrsch, Franz Alois (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician and military commander
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH Bellinzona
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1858
Place of death Ennetbürgen