Mestral (noble family)

The de Mestral were a noble family from Vaud , whose name is derived from the castle of Mont-le-Vieux in Essertines-sur-Rolle .

Although numerous rulers lost in the course of the Helvetic Revolution of 1798, they remained large landowners , albeit bourgeois, and administered their lands or turned to professions.

The de Mestral also owned castles , including the most famous and still in their possession today, Saint-Saphorin .

Members (selection)

• Armand François Louis de Mestral de Saint-Saphorin (1738–1805), Swiss diplomat and Danish envoy in various countries.

Web links

• Fabienne Abetel-Béguelin: Mestral, de (Mont). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .