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Aloys Reding

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Born:
1765
Died:
1818, Schwyz, Switz. (aged 53)
Title / Office:
head of state (1801-1802), Helvetic Republic

Aloys Reding (born 1765—died 1818, Schwyz, Switz.) was a Swiss politician and military hero who was for a time (1801–02) head of state of the short-lived Helvetic Republic. After some years in the armies of Spain, Reding returned to Switzerland, where he joined the native struggle against the invading French. On May 2–3, 1798, he led the stubborn Swiss defense at Schindellegi and Rotenturm but was ultimately forced to capitulate. In the politics of the new French satellite state—the Helvetic Republic—he sided with the partisans of the old federalism and steadily opposed French influence. Only a reluctant participant in politics, ...(100 of 181 words)

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