Louis Wyrsch

Franz Alois Wyrsch (Swiss Standard German: [ˈluːi viːrʃ]; 2 March 1793 – 21 April 1858), colloquially Louis Wyrsch, often nicked Borneo Louis, was a Swiss politician and military commander. In 1816, Wyrsch entered the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army as a mercenary after serving in the Royal Netherlands Army in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

In 1832, he returned to Switzerland, and took high-ranking offices in the Canton of Nidwalden, where he was originally from. In 1849, he was a member of the Constitutional Council of Switzerland, and was among those who constructed the Swiss Federal Constitution.

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