Philibert d'Herwarth
Philibert d'Herwarth (des Marais) (born September 10, 1644 in Lyon ; died April 30, 1721 in Southampton ) was a French diplomat.
Philibert d'Herwarth was born as the son of the banker Johann Heinrich von Herwarth and Marie Rosine von Rehlingen. After the edict of Nantes was repealed in 1685, he fled to the Netherlands and later to England . From 1690 to 1691 he was the ambassador of the English King Wilhelm III. in Geneva, where the republic for fear of Louis XIV refused to recognize him as a resident (ambassador), and from 1692 to 1702 in the reformed places, which he supported in accepting the Huguenot refugees. 1696 he married in Bern Sedide Azabe von Graffenried (1674-1752), daughter of Abraham von Graffenried, Chamberlain of the Elector of Saxony and a member of the Bern Grand Council. When Queen Anne ascended the throne, Herwarth ended his service as a diplomat and settled in Vevey .
literature
- Lucienne Hubler: Herwarth, Philibert d '(des Marais). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Adrien Chopard: The mission of the English ambassador Philibert Herwarth in Switzerland 1692–1702 , Affoltern am Albis 1932.
- Philippe Mieg: Notes biographiques et généalogiques sur la branche française des Herwart , in: Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire du protestantisme français (1971), pp. 447–468.
Individual evidence
- ↑ For a portrait see Wikimedia Commons
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herwarth, Philibert d ' |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hervart, Philibert von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franco-British diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1644 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1721 |
| Place of death | Southampton |