The de Treytorrens genealogy, in which he appears as number 87, gives him a brilliant career and two wives, Isabelle Vaucheret (widow of Pierre de Vevey, who may have used the alias Ramuz) and Marguerite Ramuz. However, we have come to believe that he must be the Guillaume de Treytorrens who married, perhaps about 1496, Julie Bonoesa, whom Peter Falk had courted unsuccessfully. Julie was still the wife of Guillaume in 1513 when Peter Falk met him in Rome, where he was serving as "Gardeknecht" for the papal guards, and the two men later exchanged letters. Guillaume called Peter "cousin". The scanty documentation seems to leave room for Julie between Guillaume's wives Isabelle and Marguerite.
Exactly how Guillaume might have been related to Peter Falk is still unclear. It is not impossible that Guillaume's story as reported in the de Treytorrens genealogy is a conflation of two men of the same name. We noticed that if the Guillaume who served in Rome and who married Julie was actually the son of Girard de Treytorrens, Avoyer de Payerne from about 1476, he would be a step-cousin of Peter Falk through Guillaume's mother Antoinaz Meller or Mellet, whose sister was the first wife of Peter's step-father, Aymon de Torculari.
Thus, it becomes necessary to determine whether all the works and deeds attributed to Guillaume de Treytorrens, son of Barth�lemy de Treytorrens and Mermete Hugonet, actually pertain to one man. It is possible that the early events (Guillaume son of Barth�lemy was out of the area at the time of his father's testament of 1482, thus possibly in military service, or else perhaps at school, in those days as early as age 14), and the later events (military service in Italy, such as the papal guards about 1513, the French campaign at Pavia in 1525) relate to two different Guillaumes. It is also possible to read the published material to mean that Isabelle Vaucheret was still alive in 1502, and if so, then it must be the case that the Guillaume who married Julie is a different person.
The connection to Peter Falck is based on the family correspondence and papers copied by Guillaume de Praroman about 1545, now at the archives of Fribourg. Guillaume de Praroman was a grandson of Peter Falck. Joseph Zimmermann's history of Peter Falck (1906, Freiburger Geschichtsbl�tter) gives one published account of this connection. Alexandre Daguet also noticed this letter and mentioned in in 1896.
There may be other difficulties with the published genealogy. The article in the Dictionnaire historique et biographique de la Suisse (1932) has apparently renumbered the sequence of the members of this family, so that Barth�lemy becomes number "6b", and Guillaume (number 7 in this sequence) is listed as the son of Fran�ois (number 6) instead (this Fran�ois is number 49 in the published genealogy, which does not assign any children to him). There are a number of corrections indicated in the published genealogy as well, but these do not affect the parentage of the individuals discussed here.
A further bit of evidence as to the identity of the Guillaume who was in the Italian campaign was published as an illustration in the Bulletin g�n�alogique vaudoise (2001). It is an indulgence signed by Pope Julius II about 1510, addressed to a group of notables from the Pays de Vaud, including Guillaume de Treytorrens de Cudrefin, an origin consistent with the parentage listed here. Is it plausible that service in support of the Pope would be part of a military career that began and ended in French service, as seems to be required by the biography of the Guillaume de Treytorrens who married Isabelle Vaucherat and Marguerite Ramuz? With attention to the dates given in the various sources, the answer is clear. The mercenaries who had been so important in the politics of France suddenly switched sides early in 1510, as the result of a favorable offer by Pope Julius II. The Swiss mercenary units supporting the Pope (not the Papal Guard) switched back again in 1516, as a result of the treaty between France the the Swiss Confederation signed 29 nov 1516 at Fribourg, a treaty that was negotiated in large part by Peter Falck.
In spite of the difficulties, there seems to be no evidence that directly disproves the parentage given in the de Treytorrens genealogy, but there is no particularly compelling evidence in favor of that parentage, either.
In the Annales d'Estavayer, there is mention of the testament of Barth�lemy de Treytorrens, dated 24 dec 1482, a copy or abstract of which is said to be in the archives of the charitable hospital of Estavayer. His heirs were "Vuillielme, Guillaume, et Girard" his sons. At the time, Vuillielme was "absent du pais". The names would be rendered in the Latin of the time as Vuilliermus and Guilliermus, and these two names are frequently used interchangeably. Now that we know that Barth�lemy had two sons with similar names, it may be possible to untangle the events attributed to "Guillaume".
_Jean DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (.... - 1428) _Guyonnet DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1456) | | |_Fran�oise _____ _____ | _Barth�lemy DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1482) | | | ______________________ | | | | |_Marguerite BENETON ______| | | | |______________________ | | |--Guillaume DE TREYTORRENS | (1462 - 1545) | _Johannes HUGONET ____ | | (.... - 1438) | _Girard HUGONET __________| | | (1385 - 1466) | | | |_Mermeta _____ _______ | | (.... - 1447) |_Mermete HUGONET ___________| | | _Petrus GACHET _______+ | | (1371 - 1450) m 1409 |_Andrivete GACHET ________| (.... - 1456) | |_Francesia CROSTEL ___+ (1392 - 1450) m 1409
He is number 97 in the de Treytorrens genealogy.
_Barth�lemy DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (.... - 1482) _Guillaume DE TREYTORRENS _| | (1462 - 1545) | | |_Mermete HUGONET ___________+ | _Fran�ois DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1566) | | | ____________________________ | | | | |_Isabelle VAUCHERAT _______| | | | |____________________________ | | |--Guillaume DE TREYTORRENS | (.... - 1598) | ____________________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |____________________________ | | |_Ambroise DE BRUEL _______| | | ____________________________ | | |___________________________| | |____________________________
He is number 227 in the de Treytorrens genealogy. Document of ?? apr 1642, Samuel DeTrey, notary, concerns heirs of the late Noble Guillaume De Treytorrens, with his father Abraham De Treytorrens as tuteur, and with the 6 heirs of the late Jean Rouge.
_Fran�ois DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (.... - 1566) _Guillaume DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1598) | | |_Ambroise DE BRUEL _______ | _Abraham DE TREYTORRENS _| | (1568 - 1655) m 1592 | | | __________________________ | | | | |_Marie ROSSALLAT __________| | | | |__________________________ | | |--Guillaume DE TREYTORRENS | (.... - 1642) | __________________________ | | | _Claude RU�RAT ____________| | | | | | |__________________________ | | |_Marguerite RU�RAT ______| m 1592 | | __________________________ | | |___________________________| | |__________________________
He is number 81 in the de Treytorrens genealogy, which calls him Guygonnet. In Latin records, including the terrier ACV FL 81 which he compiled (with the assistance of his son Bartholomeus) he calls himself Guionetus Tretorens, and signs himself G. Tretorini. His son Bartholomeus de Tretorens compiled several terriers, and mentions in at least two of them (FL 81 and FL 394, introductory folios) that he has been entrusted with his late father's protocols, this introduction in both terriersd dated 10 feb 1457, probably Style of the Nativity, consistent with usage in related terriers.
_Mermet DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (.... - 1383) ______ DE TREYTORRENS _| | | | |________________________ | _Jean DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1428) | | | ________________________ | | | | |_______________________| | | | |________________________ | | |--Guyonnet DE TREYTORRENS | (.... - 1456) | ________________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | |________________________ | | |_Fran�oise _____ _____| | | ________________________ | | |_______________________| | |________________________
He is number 307 in the de Treytorrens genealogy.
_Pierre DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (.... - 1455) _Henri DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1500) | | |_Perissone CHEVRESSY ___ | _Nicolas DE TREYTORRENS _| | | | | ________________________ | | | | |_______________________| | | | |________________________ | | |--Henri DE TREYTORRENS | | ________________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | |________________________ | | |_Jaqueme GIRARDET _______| | | ________________________ | | |_______________________| | |________________________
He is number 68 in the de Treytorrens genealogy.
_Peret DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (.... - 1340) _Mermet DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1383) | | |_______________________ | _Uldriod DE TREYTORRENS _| | | | | _______________________ | | | | |________________________| | | | |_______________________ | | |--Henri DE TREYTORRENS | | _______________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | |_______________________ | | |_________________________| | | _______________________ | | |________________________| | |_______________________
He is number 298 in the de Treytorrens genealogy. He was already Conseiller d'Yverdon by 1390.
_Peret DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (.... - 1340) _Mermet DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1383) | | |_______________________ | _Othonet DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1409) | | | _______________________ | | | | |________________________| | | | |_______________________ | | |--Henri DE TREYTORRENS | (.... - 1428) | _______________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | |_______________________ | | |_________________________| | | _______________________ | | |________________________| | |_______________________
He is number 303 in the de Treytorrens genealogy. His wife may have been Marianne Robin.
_Othonet DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (.... - 1409) _Henri DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1428) | | |_________________________ | _Pierre DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1455) | | | _________________________ | | | | |_Marie DE VUIPPENS ____| | | | |_________________________ | | |--Henri DE TREYTORRENS | (.... - 1500) | _________________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | |_________________________ | | |_Perissone CHEVRESSY ___| | | _________________________ | | |_______________________| | |_________________________
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Benedict DE TREYTORRENS _| | | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Henri DE TREYTORRENS | | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |__________________________| | | __ | | |__| | |__
_Benedict DE TREYTORRENS _ | _Benedict DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1676) m 1658 | | |__________________________ | _Fran�ois Louis DE TREYTORRENS _| | (1662 - 1722) m 1701 | | | __________________________ | | | | |_Marguerite DE BORSENS ___| | m 1658 | | |__________________________ | | |--Henri DE TREYTORRENS | (.... - 1794) | __________________________ | | | _Abraham DUMONT __________| | | (1640 - 1715) m 1675 | | | |__________________________ | | |_Jeanne Marguerite DUMONT ______| (1680 - 1763) m 1701 | | _Gabriel MESTRAL _________ | | |_Urbaine MESTRAL _________| m 1675 | |_Marguerite du MOULIN ____+
_Fran�ois DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (.... - 1566) _Guillaume DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1598) | | |_Ambroise DE BRUEL _______ | _Abraham DE TREYTORRENS _| | (1568 - 1655) m 1592 | | | __________________________ | | | | |_Marie ROSSALLAT __________| | | | |__________________________ | | |--Isaac DE TREYTORRENS | | __________________________ | | | _Claude RU�RAT ____________| | | | | | |__________________________ | | |_Marguerite RU�RAT ______| m 1592 | | __________________________ | | |___________________________| | |__________________________
_Guillaume DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (.... - 1598) _Abraham DE TREYTORRENS _| | (1568 - 1655) m 1592 | | |_Marie ROSSALLAT __________ | _Guillaume DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1642) m 1625 | | | _Claude RU�RAT ____________ | | | | |_Marguerite RU�RAT ______| | m 1592 | | |___________________________ | | |--Isaac DE TREYTORRENS | | _Fran�ois ROUGE ___________+ | | (1550 - 1617) m 1574 | _Jean ROUGE _____________| | | (1580 - 1640) m 1600 | | | |_Anne BERTHOD _____________+ | | (.... - 1609) m 1574 |_Magdelaine ROUGE _________| (.... - 1642) m 1625 | | _Pettermand PLANCHE _______+ | | (1547 - 1588) m 1578 |_Anne PLANCHE ___________| m 1600 | |_Jacobe GACHET ____________+ (1540 - ....) m 1578
Twin of Abraham.
_Abraham DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (1568 - 1655) m 1592 _Guillaume DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1642) m 1625 | | |_Marguerite RU�RAT ______+ | m 1592 _Isaac DE TREYTORRENS _| | m 1646 | | | _Jean ROUGE _____________+ | | | (1580 - 1640) m 1600 | |_Magdelaine ROUGE _________| | (.... - 1642) m 1625 | | |_Anne PLANCHE ___________+ | m 1600 | |--Isaac DE TREYTORRENS | | _________________________ | | | _Moyse BIOLLEY ____________| | | | | | |_________________________ | | |_Andr�e BIOLLEY _______| (.... - 1686) m 1646 | | _Josu� GACHET ___________+ | | (1558 - 1621) m 1597 |_Marguerite GACHET ________| | |_Jeanne MORATEL _________+ (.... - 1628) m 1597
_Abraham DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (1568 - 1655) m 1592 _Guillaume DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1642) m 1625 | | |_Marguerite RU�RAT ______+ | m 1592 _Isaac DE TREYTORRENS _| | m 1646 | | | _Jean ROUGE _____________+ | | | (1580 - 1640) m 1600 | |_Magdelaine ROUGE _________| | (.... - 1642) m 1625 | | |_Anne PLANCHE ___________+ | m 1600 | |--Jacob DE TREYTORRENS | | _________________________ | | | _Moyse BIOLLEY ____________| | | | | | |_________________________ | | |_Andr�e BIOLLEY _______| (.... - 1686) m 1646 | | _Josu� GACHET ___________+ | | (1558 - 1621) m 1597 |_Marguerite GACHET ________| | |_Jeanne MORATEL _________+ (.... - 1628) m 1597
_Guillaume DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (.... - 1642) m 1625 _Isaac DE TREYTORRENS _| | m 1646 | | |_Magdelaine ROUGE _________+ | (.... - 1642) m 1625 _David DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1724) m 1672 | | | _Moyse BIOLLEY ____________ | | | | |_Andr�e BIOLLEY _______| | (.... - 1686) m 1646 | | |_Marguerite GACHET ________+ | | |--Jacob DE TREYTORRENS | | ___________________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | |___________________________ | | |_Jeanne Marie MESTRAL _| m 1672 | | ___________________________ | | |_______________________| | |___________________________
She is number 373 in the de Treytorrens genealogy.
_L�gier DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (1552 - 1618) m 1572 _David DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1627) | | |_Marguerite PETITOT ____ | (.... - 1579) m 1572 _Joseph DE TREYTORRENS ___| | (.... - 1656) | | | _Joseph D'ASPERLIN _____ | | | | |_Barbille D'ASPERLIN __| | | | |________________________ | | |--Jaqueline DE TREYTORRENS | (1653 - 1714) | ________________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | |________________________ | | |_Susanne Fran�oise MEGNI _| (.... - 1693) | | ________________________ | | |_______________________| | |________________________
_Abraham DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (1568 - 1655) m 1592 _Guillaume DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1642) m 1625 | | |_Marguerite RU�RAT ______+ | m 1592 _David DE TREYTORRENS _____| | m 1655 | | | _Jean ROUGE _____________+ | | | (1580 - 1640) m 1600 | |_Magdelaine ROUGE _________| | (.... - 1642) m 1625 | | |_Anne PLANCHE ___________+ | m 1600 | |--Jaqueline DE TREYTORRENS | | _________________________ | | | _Jean MESTRAL _____________| | | | | | |_________________________ | | |_Marie Magdelaine MESTRAL _| m 1655 | | _________________________ | | |_Marguerite FIVAZ _________| | |_________________________
No children
_L�gier DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (1552 - 1618) m 1580 _Tobie DE TREYTORRENS _| | (1583 - 1628) m 1610 | | |_Nicolarde DE MOLIN ____+ | (1564 - 1639) m 1580 _David DE TREYTORRENS _| | (1627 - 1693) m 1653 | | | _Guillaume BUTTET ______+ | | | (.... - 1625) m 1588 | |_Claudaz BUTTET _______| | (.... - 1663) m 1610 | | |_Eve NICOD-ARNAUD ______+ | m 1588 | |--Jaques Samuel DE TREYTORRENS | (.... - 1682) | _Baltazard DECRISTAZ ___ | | (1570 - 1643) | _Jean DECRISTAZ _______| | | (.... - 1662) | | | |_Susanne _____ _________ | | (.... - 1607) |_Susanne DECRISTAZ ____| m 1653 | | ________________________ | | |_Marie DUTOIT _________| (1620 - 1660) | |________________________
He is number 71 in the de Treytorrens genealogy.
_Peret DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (.... - 1340) _Mermet DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1383) | | |_______________________ | ______ DE TREYTORRENS _| | | | | _______________________ | | | | |________________________| | | | |_______________________ | | |--Jean DE TREYTORRENS | (.... - 1428) | _______________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | |_______________________ | | |_______________________| | | _______________________ | | |________________________| | |_______________________
_Guillaume DE TREYTORRENS _______+ | (.... - 1598) _Fran�ois DE TREYTORRENS _| | (1566 - 1627) m 1588 | | |_Marie ROSSALLAT ________________ | _Charles DE TREYTORRENS _| | (1591 - 1626) m 1615 | | | _Pierre DE GOUMOENS _____________ | | | | |_Anne DE GOUMOENS ________| | m 1588 | | |_Fran�oise Pernette DE BEAUFORT _ | | |--Jean Fran�ois DE TREYTORRENS | | _Albrecht VON ERLACH ____________+ | | (1519 - 1592) m 1547 | _Samuel VON ERLACH _______| | | (1565 - 1623) m 1585 | | | |_Barbara VON SCHARNACHTHAL ______ | | (1525 - ....) m 1547 |_Barbara VON ERLACH _____| m 1615 | | _Fran�ois GACHET ________________+ | | (.... - 1575) m 1566 |_Magdelaine GACHET _______| (1571 - ....) m 1585 | |_Jeanne DE PREZ _________________+ m 1566
__ | _Benedict DE TREYTORRENS _| | | | |__ | _Benedict DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1676) m 1658 | | | __ | | | | |__________________________| | | | |__ | | |--Jean Fran�ois DE TREYTORRENS | | __ | | | __________________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Marguerite DE BORSENS ___| m 1658 | | __ | | |__________________________| | |__
_Henri DE TREYTORRENS _+ | _L�gier DE TREYTORRENS _| | (1552 - 1618) m 1580 | | |_Claudaz CHAILLET _____ | _Tobie DE TREYTORRENS _| | (1583 - 1628) m 1610 | | | _Humbert DE MOLIN _____ | | | (.... - 1693) | |_Nicolarde DE MOLIN ____| | (1564 - 1639) m 1580 | | |_Fran�oise BOURGEOIS __ | | |--Jean Humbert DE TREYTORRENS | (1615 - 1660) | _Antoine BUTTET _______ | | (.... - 1585) m 1563 | _Guillaume BUTTET ______| | | (.... - 1625) m 1588 | | | |_Marie DEMIERRE _______+ | | m 1563 |_Claudaz BUTTET _______| (.... - 1663) m 1610 | | _Daniel NICOD-ARNAUD __+ | | m 1563 |_Eve NICOD-ARNAUD ______| m 1588 | |_Susanne SAVATAIRE ____+ m 1563
_L�gier DE TREYTORRENS _+ | (1552 - 1618) m 1580 _Tobie DE TREYTORRENS _| | (1583 - 1628) m 1610 | | |_Nicolarde DE MOLIN ____+ | (1564 - 1639) m 1580 _David DE TREYTORRENS _| | (1627 - 1693) m 1653 | | | _Guillaume BUTTET ______+ | | | (.... - 1625) m 1588 | |_Claudaz BUTTET _______| | (.... - 1663) m 1610 | | |_Eve NICOD-ARNAUD ______+ | m 1588 | |--Jean Jaques DE TREYTORRENS | (1661 - ....) | _Baltazard DECRISTAZ ___ | | (1570 - 1643) | _Jean DECRISTAZ _______| | | (.... - 1662) | | | |_Susanne _____ _________ | | (.... - 1607) |_Susanne DECRISTAZ ____| m 1653 | | ________________________ | | |_Marie DUTOIT _________| (1620 - 1660) | |________________________
_Uldriod DE TREYTORRENS _+ | _Henri DE TREYTORRENS _| | | | |_________________________ | _Girard DE TREYTORRENS _| | (.... - 1492) | | | _________________________ | | | | |_Nicolette PUDRAUD ____| | | | |_________________________ | | |--Jeanne DE TREYTORRENS | (.... - 1504) | _________________________ | | | _Jaques MELLET ________| | | (.... - 1483) | | | |_________________________ | | |_Antoinaz MELLET _______| (.... - 1492) | | _________________________ | | |_______________________| | |_________________________