Historical account Albrecht Gessler



the coat of arms of gessler family.


indeed, gessler family of ministeriales documented 13th century onwards; @ wiggwil in aargau region, original homeland of habsburgs , basis rise after extinction of swabian house of hohenstaufen. gesslers profited election of count rudolph of habsburg king of romans in 1273 , acquisition of austrian , styrian duchies after victory on king ottokar ii of bohemia @ 1278 battle on marchfeld.


the white book of sarnen, written around 1470, mentioned 1 gesler vogt @ uri , schwyz. in late 14th century 1 hermann gessler ruled domain of grüningen (which today belongs zürich); domain of grüningen had been pawned gessler family house of habsburg. stern measures against peasant population made name gessler epitome of tyranny.


no sources predate earliest references tell legend of late 15th century refer bailiff gessler in central switzerland, , presumed no such person existed. gessler s role in tell s story analogous of king niðung in story of egil in Þiðrekssaga.








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