Ludwig von Flüe
Switzerland · On the map · Lived 1752 to 1817 · aged 65
Ludwig von Flüe was a Swiss mercenary in French service. He was the commanding officer of the Swiss Guards in the defense of the Bastille in July 1789. Because of his role in the Storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution, he was later also known as Ludwig von Flüe le Bastillien.
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The childhood home of Ludwig von Flüe, the Haus Brunnenmatt in Sachseln.
The Kloster Einsiedeln, where Ludwig von Flüe went to school. The school still exists (18th century engraving).
14 July 1789: The Baron de Besenval's troops in the courtyard of the École militaire on the Champ de Mars, consisting of the Swiss Regiments de Diesbach, de Châteauvieux and de Salis-Samade, the latter was the regiment in which Victor von Gibelin and Ludwig von Flüe served at that time, as well as the French Hussar Regiments de Berchény and de Chamborant. After the Taking of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 by the revolutionaries, the baron's troops hastily withdrew on the night of 14 to 15 July.
Plan of the Bastille, as it was in 1789. At the fateful afternoon of 14 July 1789, Ludwig von Flüe and his soldiers were stationed in sector "N", the Corps de Gardes. Later that day, they took up positions behind the drawbridge to defend the Bastille.
In the late afternoon of 14 July 1789, Ludwig von Flüe handed over the letter of capitulation through one of the two gunholes in the drawbridge to Stanislas-Marie Maillard, who was standing on a plank above the dry moat of the Bastille to fetch the document. After the drawbridge was lowered, he was the first of the revolutionaries to enter the Bastille and confront Ludwig von Flüe.
The Regiment de Roll in the Egyptian campaign. The regiment landed in French-occupied Egypt in 1801 and distinguished itself in action at the Battle of Alexandria on 21 March 1801. Revolutionary France viewed with suspicion the fact that the former Swiss mercenaries in French service were now fighting for the British, their enemies in the War of the First Coalition.About this person
Country
Switzerland
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Other
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1752 to 1817 · aged 65