Franz Adam Karrer (1666 – 1740) was a Swiss officer, brigadier in French service, and founder and first colonel-proprietor of the Swiss regiment de Karrer on 15 December 1719. He became a Knight of the Order of Saint Louis in 1709.[1]
Franz Adam Karrer | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | François Adam Karrer |
| Other name(s) | Frantz Adam Karrer |
| Born | 22 November 1666 Landser, Haut-Rhin, Alsace |
| Died | 3 May 1740 (aged 73) Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France |
| Allegiance | France |
| Years of service | 1686 – 1736 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Commands | Swiss regiment de Karrer |
| Spouse(s) | Johanna Marguerite de Voile |
Military career
editKarrer became officer cadet in an independent company in French service in 1686 and was commissioned as an ensign in the Swiss regiment von Salis-Soglio in French service in 1691. From there he became a lieutenant in 1693, and captain-lieutenant in 1698. Also in 1698, he became commanding officer of a half-company, eventually becoming proprietor of a half-company 1709 and captain of grenadiers 1710. Karrer entered a capitulation with the King of France on 15 December 1719, raising a regiment of foot for French service, the Régiment de Karrer, becoming colonel in 1720, and brigadier in 1734. In 1736 he transferred the proprietorship of the regiment to his son Ludwig Ignaz Karrer.[1][2]
Personal life
editKarrer was born in Landser, Haut-Rhin, Alsace on 22 November 1666. He was married to Johanna Marguerite de Voile before 1703, the daughter of a bailiff (chief court official) in Alsace. He died on 3 May 1740 in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France.
References
edit- ^ a b Fankhauser, Andreas (28 October 2013). "Karrer, Franz Adam". Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz (in German). Bern.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Friedberg, Karl Franz Alois Matthias Müller von (1793). Chronologische Darstellung der eidgenössischen Truppenüberlassungen an auswärtige Mächte (in German). Huber. p. 101.
Further reading
edit- B.F. de Zurlauben (1751). Histoire militaire des Suisses au service de la France 3. pp. 112-115, 502-505
- E. May (1788). Histoire militaire de la Suisse et celle des Suisses dans les différens services de l'Europe 6. pp. 280 f.
- P. Wirz (1862). Bürgergeschlechter der Stadt Solothurn 11, Ms., 1862, 59 (Kopie StASO)
- M. Rochat (1994). Geflammte Ordonnanzfahnen der ständigen Schweizer Linienregimenter in franz. Diensten von 1672 bis 1792. pp. 182-186