Peter Allet
Peter Allet (* around 1510 in the Leuk district ; † between March 24 and May 18, 1569 ) was a governor of the Valais and was one of the leading representatives of the Reformed faith in Leuk .
Life
family
Peter Allet came from one of the most influential Leuk patrician families and was the son of his father of the same name, Peter Allet, Meier von Leuk and his wife Perrina (née de Berterinis).
Between 1530 and 1540 he married a granddaughter of Thomas von Riedmatten from Visp ; they had four children together. These included:
His descendants confessed to the new faith for three generations in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Career
He received his tonsure in 1525 and later became the episcopal mistral in Zehnden Leuk.
From 1542 to 1544 he was bailiff of Saint-Maurice and in 1548, 1551 and 1560 Meier von Leuk.
In 1554 he became the banner lord of Leuk and from 1557 to 1558 he was governor of Evian before he was governor of the Valais in the years 1558 to 1559, 1564 to 1565 and 1568 to 1569.
Peter Allet signed the Treaty of Thonon on March 4, 1569 , in which the Valais ceded the bailiffs of Evian and the Vallée d'Aulps to Savoy and incorporated Monthey ; the Thonon Treaty finally determined the boundaries of the future canton of Valais in Chablais .
Web links
- Arthur Fibicher: Peter Allet. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Allet. Retrieved August 7, 2020 .
- ^ Riedmatten, from. Retrieved August 6, 2020 .
- ^ Family tree of Peter Allet. Retrieved August 7, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Johann Jakob Leu: General Helvetian, Federal or Swiss Lexicon . by Hans Ulrich Denzler, 1756 ( google.de [accessed on August 7, 2020]).
- ^ Thonon, Treaty of. Retrieved August 7, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allet, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Vogt, Banner Lord and Governor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1510 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leuk district |
| DATE OF DEATH | between March 24, 1569 and May 18, 1569 |