René du Puy-Montbrun, seigneur de Villefranche et de la Jonchère
René du Puy-Montbrun, seigneur de Villefranche et de la Jonchère , (* 1602 in Montbrun-les-Bains ; † 23 May 1659 ) other spellings also: René du Puy-Montbrun, seigneur de Villa-Franca, Villafranca, Franca- villa, Villa Franch, Ville Franche, Villefrank, Fille frankhe , in the sources and in literature often only Villefranche ; was a French colonel in the service of Sweden and during the Thirty Years War was active in war, especially in southern Germany: in Klettgau , around Schaffhausen , near Villingen , Überlingen and Nördlingen .
family
He was the brother of Alexander du Puy-Montbrun, Marquis de St. André and came from a Protestant family from the Dauphiné . His brother Alexander du Puy-Montbrun was already in 1631, like himself later, commander in the Swedish army and became governor of Pomerania after he was victorious in the battle of Breitenfeld against Tilly . In the battle of Nuremberg (1632), Alexander du Puy-Montbrun was wounded and stayed in Naumburg or Torgau for weeks. After the death of the Swedish King Gustav Adolf , Alexander joined the army of Duke Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar . Alexander du Puy-Montbrun was captured by Albrecht von Wallenstein and imprisoned for three years (1633 to 1636) in Lindau in Lake Constance . In 1636 he returned to France after an exchange of prisoners.
Life
René du Puy-Montbrun led one of four companies existing equestrian squadron , which in 1632 under the Duke Administrator Julius Friedrich von Württemberg had been ie, recruited in France, in Lorraine and in 1633 under the command of Bernhard of Weimar was.
On January 16, 1633 René was du Puy-Montbrun at the castle Randegg captured and the castle Hohenstoffeln spent there he escaped, according to the diary entry of George Michael Wepfer (1591-1659), the father of the Schaffhausen physician Johann Jakob Wepfer : at a rope, if taken from bed, through which secretly made over the castle wall . He immediately retaliated and had Weiterdingen cremated, and he handed the castle of Weiterdingen and the rule of Grüningen over to the Württemberg council of Offenburg.
In the Landgraviate of Klettgau , more than 150 farmers were killed in a slaughter by his riders in Lottstetten , the village was set on fire.
He later took part in the siege of Überlingen . After the battle of Nördlingen , his department was placed under Bernhard von Weimar .
literature
- Georg Jäger: Jestetten and its surroundings. A home book for the Baden customs exclusion area . 1930
- Karl Friedrich Hoggenmüller: From the history of the community Lottstetten . 1981
Web links
- Bernd Warlich : Article on the website The Thirty Years War in personal testimonies, chronicles and reports
Individual evidence
- ↑ nl: Alexander du Puy
- ↑ Bernd Warlich: Personal article online on website: The Thirty Years' War in personal testimonies, chronicles and reports
- ↑ Bernd Warlich: Personal article online on website: The Thirty Years' War in personal testimonies, chronicles and reports
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Puy-Montbrun, René du, seigneur de Villefranche et de la Jonchère |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Puy-Montbrun, Renè du |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French colonel of the Thirty Years War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1602 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montbrun-les-Bains |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1659 |