Franz Rudolf Frisching ({{circa|1733 – c. 1807) was a Swiss nobleman, military officer, politician and industrialist.
Franz Rudolf Frisching | |
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Born | Franz Rudolf Frisching 1733 |
Died | 1807 (aged 73–74) |
Spouse(s) | Anne Madeleine van Back (1738–1763) Secondly Frisching married Armanda Gross (1743–1829) in 1764 (the marriage was divorced later) |
Children | First marriage: Johann Rudolf (1761–1838) Anna Adrienne Margarethe (1755–1800) Second marriage: Julia Armanda (1768–1807) |
Parent(s) | Vinzenz Frisching (1689–1764), Master of Schlosswil |
Franz Rudolf Frisching was the son of Vinzenz Frisching (1689–1764) who was Master of Schlosswil. In 1748, Franz Rudolf Frisching became a member of the Swiss Guards of the Netherlands where he achieved the rank of a colonel.[1] In 1764 Frisching became a member of the Grand Council of Bern. In 1770 he became bailiff in the Vallemaggia, in 1780 bailiff in St. Johannsen and in 1793 office holder in Wimmis.[2] He was lieutenant colonel of the Bernese Jäger Corps.[3]
Franz Rudolf Frisching was the founder of the Frisching Faience Manufactory in Bern.[4]
Between 1750 and 1777 the Frisching family was in the possession of the large Lorraine Gut, a former country estate which is now part of the city of Bern.[5] Franz Rudolf Frisching's ancestor, Samuel Frisching (II), built the Frisching-Haus, now known as the Béatrice-von-Wattenwyl-Haus on the Junkerngasse in Bern.