Niklaus Friedrich von Steiger

Niklaus Friedrich von Steiger

Niklaus Friedrich von Steiger

Niklaus Friedrich von Steiger
Born May 17, 1729 (1729-05-17)
Died December 3, 1799 (1799-12-04) (aged 70)
Occupation Swiss politician

Niklaus Friedrich von Steiger (May 17, 1729 – December 3, 1799) was a Swiss politician and statesman.

From 1787 to 1798 he was elected Schultheiss (chief magistrate) of Bern, Switzerland.[1] He was the leader of the political faction that resisted the French invasion in 1798 and participated in the Battle of Grauholz.

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  1. ↑ Polidori, John William; Macdonald, David Lorne; Scherf, Kathleen Dorothy (2007). The vampyre: a tale ; and Ernestus Berchtold, or, The modern Oedipus. Broadview Press. p. 79. ISBN 1-55111-745-2.


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