Global InformationKatharina Franziska von Wattenwyl information
Katharina Franziska von Wattenwyl | |
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 1674 oil portrait by Theodor Roos of von Wattenwyl in armor | |
| Born | December 1645 Bonmont Abbey, Chéserex, Vaud, Switzerland |
| Died | 21 November 1714 Valangin Castle, Valangin, County of Neuchâtel |
| Occupation | spy |
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| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Gabriel von Wattenwyl Barbara von Wattenwyl |
Katharina Franziska von Wattenwyl (December 1645 – 21 November 1714) was a Swiss aristocrat and spy. During the Nine Years' War she served as a spy for Louis XIV, for which she was imprisoned at Käfigturm, tortured, and charged with espionage and high treason by the court in Bern. She was sentenced to death in 1690 but, upon the requests of her family, her sentence was reduced to life in exile. She was released from prison in 1692 and fled to Valangin Castle in the County of Neuchâtel, where she lived the remainder of her life. While in exile, she wrote a memoir that she dedicated to her second husband, Samuel Perregaux.