Johann Rudolf Faesch (born 18 October 1572 in

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

, died 7 May 1659 in Basel) was a Swiss silk merchant, politician and diplomat from

. He was part of several Swiss diplomatic missions and held numerous high offices of the city. In 1630 he became head of the guild and from 1636 to his death in 1659 he was Burgomaster of Basel alongside his rival

Johann Rudolf Wettstein Johann Rudolf Wettstein (27 October 1594, Basel – 12 April 1666, Basel) was a Swiss diplomat and mayor of Basel, who achieved fame through his diplomatic skills, culminating in Swiss independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1648. Early life ...

. Faesch led the council's pro-French faction while Wettstein led the pro- Confederacy faction. Faesch belonged to the

Faesch Faesch, also spelled Fesch, is a prominent Swiss, French, Belgian, Corsican and Italian noble family, originally a patrician family of Basel. Known since the early 15th century, the family received a confirmation of nobility from the Holy Roman E ...

(Fesch) family, one of Basel's leading patrician families. The family had been recognised as

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by the

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in 1563. He was a son of

Remigius Faesch Remigius Faesch. (26 May 1595 Basel - 27 February 1667 Basel) was a Swiss jurist and rector of the University of Basel. Remigius Faesch was born into a household of the Faesch family in Basel. His father Hans Rufolf Faesch was a silk merchant an ...

, one of Basel's leading politicians and diplomats of his time, who also was Burgomaster of Basel among numerous other offices.Faesch, Remigius
in ''Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz'' Among his descendants were Cardinal

Joseph Fesch Joseph Fesch, Prince of France (3 January 1763 – 13 May 1839) was a French priest and diplomat, who was the maternal half-uncle of Napoleon Bonaparte (half-brother of Napoleon's mother Laetitia). In the wake of his nephew, he became Archbishop ...

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

's uncle, who became a Prince of France, a member of the

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of the

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, a

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and a Roman Prince among countless other titles.

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