Peter Ludwig von Donatz
Peter Ludwig von Donatz (born September 20, 1782 in Valenza , Piedmont ; † August 12, 1849 in Chur ) was a Swiss military and commander in chief of the federal troops during the second free march of 1845.
As early as 1799 he was doing foreign military service, first for England, and from 1806 for France. Von Donatz was involved in the Russian campaign in 1812 and after the Battle of the Beresina led the rest of the Swiss units to Vilnius . After he had held command in 1845, he became commander of the 3rd Army Division under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour in the 1847 Sonderbund War .
Web links
- Martin Bundi: Donatz, Peter Ludwig von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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Old Confederation before 1798 |
Ulrich von Sax (piano move, 1511) | Johann Ludwig von Erlach (1633/1636) | Sebastian Peregrin Zwyer (1653/1656) | Wilhelm Bernhard von Muralt (1792) | Karl Ludwig von Erlach (1798) |
 
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Helvetic Republic 1798-1803 |
Augustin Keller (Helvetik) | Johann Weber (Helvetik) | Joseph Leonz Andermatt (Helvetik) | Pierre von der Weid (Helvetik) |
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Mediation and Restoration 1803--1847 |
Niklaus Rudolf von Wattenwyl (1805/1809/1813) | Niklaus Franz von Bachmann (1815) | Charles-Jules Guiguer de Prangins (1830/1838) | Peter Ludwig von Donatz (1845) | Guillaume Henri Dufour (1847) | Johann Ulrich von Salis-Soglio (Sonderbund 1847) |
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State from 1848 |
Guillaume Henri Dufour (1849/1856/1859) | Hans Herzog (German-French War, 1870–1871) | Ulrich Wille (First World War, 1914–1918) | Henri Guisan (Second World War, 1939–1945) |
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| SURNAME | Donatz, Peter Ludwig von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss officer and commander in chief of the federal troops |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valenza |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1849 |
| Place of death | Chur |