Sigmund von Erlach, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sigmund von Erlach

Swiss politician

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1614

Place of Birth: Bern, canton of Bern, Switzerland

Date of Death: 07-Dec-1699

Profession: politician

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Sigmund von Erlach (October 3, 1614 – December 7, 1699; sometimes given as "Sigismund von Erlach") was a Swiss military commander and a politician of Bern. A member of the von Erlach family, one of the foremost families of the city of Bern, von Erlach initially pursued a military career as a mercenary commander, first in the services of Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar and later in France.
At his return to Bern in 1645, he became a member of the canton's Grand Council and seven years later, a member of the city council (Kleiner Rat). Sigmund von Erlach commanded the Bernese troops in the Swiss peasant war of 1653, putting down the rebellion of the rural population with force.
He also commanded the troops of Bern in the First war of Villmergen, a religiously motivated civil war in the Old Swiss Confederacy that the Protestant cantons lost.
Although he was criticized heavily for his failure in this conflict he continued his political career in Bern, which culminated in 1675 with his election to the post of Schultheiss (mayor).



Alternative names	Johannes Dunz; Johannes Duenz
Description	Swiss painter
Date of birth/death	before 17 January 1645 date QS:P,+1645-01-17T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1645-01-17T00:00:00Z/11	10 October 1736
Location of birth/death	Brugg (Schweiz)	Bern
Work location	Bern
Authority control	: Q1697437 VIAF: 95865842 ISNI: 0000 0000 6792 0718 ULAN: 500029857 GND: 1017139059 HDS: 022009[does not match ^[1-9]%d%d?%d?%d?%d?$ pattern]