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Also Known As King of the Swiss • Schweizerkönig
Born 1524
Died March 17, 1594 (aged 70) • Lucerne • Switzerland
Role In Counter-Reformation
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Melchior Lussy
Swiss politician
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Ferdinand Keller
Swiss archaeologist and prehistorian
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Johannes von Müller
Swiss historian
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Stefano Franscini
Swiss statesman
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Swiss engineer and army officer
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Jakob Stämpfli
Swiss politician
Vinet, Alexandre-Rodolphe
Alexandre-Rodolphe Vinet
Swiss theologian
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Giuseppe Motta
Swiss political leader
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Charles Pictet de Rochemont
Swiss statesman
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Hans Reinhard
Swiss statesman
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Henri Guisan
Swiss military leader
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Sebastian Hofmeister
Swiss religious reformer
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Aloys Reding
Swiss politician
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Ulrich Wille
Swiss military leader
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Constantin Siegwart-Müller
Swiss politician
Ochsenbein, Ulrich
Ulrich Ochsenbein
Swiss politician
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Johann Rudolf Wyss
Swiss writer and editor
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Johann Conrad Kern
Swiss diplomat
Furrer, Jonas
Jonas Furrer
Swiss statesman
Alfred Escher
Alfred Escher
Swiss statesman