# Katharina Franziska von Wattenwyl

> Katharina Franziska von Wattenwyl was a Swiss aristocrat and spy. During the Nine Years' War she served as a spy for Louis XIV, for which she was imprisoned at Käfigturm, tortured, and charged with espionage and high treason by the court in Bern. She was sentenced to death in 1690 but, upon the requests of her family, her sentence was reduced to life in exile. She was released from prison in 1692 and fled to Valangin Castle in the Principality of Neuchâtel, where she lived the remainder of her life. While in exile, she wrote a memoir that she dedicated to her second husband, Samuel Perregaux.

*Swiss noblewoman*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Switzerland
- **Born:** 1645
- **Died:** 1714-11-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Katharina Franziska von Wattenwyl was a Swiss aristocrat and spy. During the Nine Years' War she served as a spy for Louis XIV, for which she was imprisoned at Käfigturm, tortured, and charged with espionage and high treason by the court in Bern. She was sentenced to death in 1690 but, upon the requests of her family, her sentence was reduced to life in exile. She was released from prison in 1692 and fled to Valangin Castle in the Principality of Neuchâtel, where she lived the remainder of her life. While in exile, she wrote a memoir that she dedicated to her second husband, Samuel Perregaux.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 4.8 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 4.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Katharina Franziska von Wattenwyl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharina_Franziska_von_Wattenwyl)
- [Katharina Franziska von Wattenwyl](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharina_Franziska_von_Wattenwyl)
- [Catherine de Watteville](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_de_Watteville)
- [کاتارینا فرانتسیسکا فون واتنویل](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84)
- [কাথাৰিনা ফ্ৰান্সিস্কা ভন ৱাটেনউইল](https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63485938)

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