- Adrian von Bubenberg
Adrian von Bubenberg (born 1434 in
Bern ; died August 1479 in Bern) was a Berneseknight ,general andmayor ("Schultheiss ") of Bern in 1468-1469, 1473-1474 and 1477-1479. InSwitzerland , he is remembered as the hero of theBattle of Murten .Adrian von Bubenberg was born as the son of
Heinrich IV. von Bubenberg , Schultheiss of Bern and lord ofSpiez , whom he succeeded in 1465. He was knighted in 1466 during apilgrimage toJerusalem at the Holy Sepulchre.In April 1476 he was appointed commander of
Murten . There, he resisted a twelve-day siege by the troops ofCharles, Duke of Burgundy , until he was relieved by Swiss forces - and Charles decisively beaten - onJune 22 .Numerous times before and after the
Burgundy wars , he led Bernese negotiations with other cantons of theold Swiss Confederacy and foreign powers includingSavoy ,Burgundy ,France and theHoly Roman Empire .Von Bubenberg was buried in the choir of the
Berner Münster , theCathedral of Bern. Ever having been short of funds in spite of being the head of Berne's preeminent noble house, von Bubenberg was posthumously banned for his debts in 1481, but the government resistedPope Sixtus IV 's demand that he be exhumed and dishonourably buried because of this.After his death, numerous literary and historical works, including
Diebold Schilling the Elder 's illustrated chronicles, have portrayed Adrian von Bubenberg as the ideal selfless knight and patrioticstatesman .In 1897, Bern honoured the man who was instrumental in saving Switzerland from defeat with a bronze statue on "Bubenberg Square" in the centre of town. On the pedestal, two of his quotes are engraved:
:"So lange in uns eine Ader lebt, gibt keiner nach":"As long as a drop of blood is in our veins, no one yields"
:"Mein Leib und Gut ist euer eigen bis in den Tod":"My life and fortune are yours unto death"
Literature
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Rudolf von Tavel , "Ring i der Chetti" (1931), a historical novel, ISBN 3-305-00113-5External links
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