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- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer abstract "Sebastian Peregrin Zwyer (of Evibach) (1597 – February 15, 1661) was a Swiss military commander, mercenary entrepreneur, and one of the foremost politicians of the Old Swiss Confederacy in the seventeenth century.A native of the Swiss canton of Uri (he was probably born in Klingnau), Zwyer initially pursued a military career. From 1612 to 1617, he served in a mercenary regiment in the service of Spain and Milan; from 1619 to 1642 he was in service for the Habsburg emperors, first for Ferdinand II and then Ferdinand III. Zwyer fought in several battles of the Thirty Years' War. He participated in the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, fought at Glückstadt in 1624, at Mantua in 1630, and at Nördlingen in 1634.In 1635 he was promoted to the rank of Major-General and made a member of the emperor's staff, where he was responsible for reforming the armies following the Swedish example. From 1638 to 1641 he again fought in northern Italy, commanding his own regiment of Swiss mercenaries. He abandoned his military career in 1642 at the rank of Lieutenant Field Marshal (equivalent to a lieutenant general).In 1642 he returned to Uri and became active in local politics. 1643 the emperor named Zwyer his official envoy in the Confederacy. From 1644 to 1659, he filled the top positions in Uri: he was one of the two representatives of Uri at the Tagsatzung, the federal council of the Old Swiss Confederacy, and from 1647 on also the Landammann (head of state) of the canton. In 1648, the Tagsatzung designated him and Johann Rudolf Wettstein, the mayor of Basel, the official negotiators of the Confederacy at the Treaty of Westphalia with the task to ensure the formal exemption of the Confederacy from the Holy Roman Empire.During the Swiss peasant war of 1653, Zwyer commanded the joint troops of the city of Lucerne and Uri, putting down the revolt in the Entlebuch valley in the canton of Lucerne. Three years later, he again commanded Catholic troops in the First war of Villmergen, when he led the defence of Rapperswil against attack from Zurich troops but refused to take direct offensive action himself.".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer allegiance "House of Habsburg".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer award Freiherr.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer award Ritter.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer battle Battle_of_Nördlingen_(1634).
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer battle Battle_of_White_Mountain.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer battle First_War_of_Villmergen.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer battle Swiss_peasant_war_of_1653.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer birthDate "1597".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer birthYear "1597".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer deathDate "1661-02-15".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer deathYear "1661".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer occupation Landeshauptmann.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer serviceEndYear "1642".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer serviceStartYear "1612".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer thumbnail Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer_engraving.jpg?width=300.
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- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Altdorf,_Uri.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Basel.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Nördlingen_(1634).
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_White_Mountain.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Canton_of_Lucerne.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Canton_of_Uri.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Cantons_of_Switzerland.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Category:1597_births.
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- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Category:17th-century_Swiss_people.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Category:Swiss_mercenaries.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Category:Swiss_politicians.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Catholicism.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Duchy_of_Milan.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Entlebuch.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Ferdinand_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor.
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- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink First_War_of_Villmergen.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Freiherr.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Glückstadt.
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- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Italy.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Johann_Rudolf_Wettstein.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Johann_Schwyzer.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Klingnau.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Landammann.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Landeshauptmann.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Lieutenant_general.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Lucerne.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Mantua.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Nördlingen.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Old_Swiss_Confederacy.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Peace_of_Westphalia.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Rapperswil.
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- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Spain.
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- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Swiss_peasant_war_of_1653.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Switzerland.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Tagsatzung.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLink Thirty_Years_War.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sebastian Peregrin Zwyer".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer allegiance House_of_Habsburg.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer awards Freiherr.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer awards Ritter.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer battles Battle_of_Nördlingen_(1634).
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer battles Battle_of_White_Mountain.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer battles First_War_of_Villmergen.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer battles Swiss_peasant_war_of_1653.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer birthDate "1597".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer birthPlace "?Klingnau, Old Swiss Confederacy".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer caption "Contemporary engraving by Johann Schwyzer".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer dateOfBirth "1597".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer dateOfDeath "1661-02-15".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer deathDate "1661-02-15".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer deathPlace Altdorf,_Uri.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer deathPlace Canton_of_Uri.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer deathPlace Old_Swiss_Confederacy.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer honorificPrefix "Baron".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer honorificSuffix "von Evibach".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer laterwork "Landeshauptmann of Uri".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer name "Sebastian Peregrin Zwyer".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer name "Zwyer, Sebastian Peregrin".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer rank Lieutenant_general.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer serviceyears "1612".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer shortDescription "swiss military commander".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer spouse "Maria Ursula von Roll".
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- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer description "swiss military commander".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer description "swiss military commander".
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer subject Category:1597_births.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer subject Category:1661_deaths.
- Sebastian_Peregrin_Zwyer subject Category:17th-century_Swiss_people.