Johann Heinrich Naf

Born [date unknown] in Canton Zürich, Switzerland [uncertain]

Husband of Katharina (Huber) Näf — married before 1500 in Switzerland

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1531 in Kappel, Zürich, Switzerland

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Biography

Hans Hensli Naf was born about 1467-68 at Vollenweid near Hausen am Albis, Switzerland; he was the son of Hennsli Naf.

Hans Hensley married Katharina Huber sometime before 1495 (born 1470 in Switzerland Their children were: Adam, Konrad, Rudolf and Johannes / Hans

Hans died on October 11, 1531 at the Second Battle of Kapell; aka Zweiter Kappelerkrieg (German)

"Hans, two sons, Rudoph and Konrad, and two of his grandsons (children of Adam) died defending Zurich in 1531 in the Battle of Kappel. His son Adam survived. Adam was an axguard who under Hans Huber (probably a relative of his mother), and attacked with his broad sword. Hans and his two sons and two grandsons were probably buried in the large grave that was dug to receive the bodies of the fallen heroes of this battle."^[1]

Birth

Birth: about 1467 OR 1468

Place: Canton, Zurich, Switzerland

Notes

"Pressed by the food embargo, on 9 October 1531 the five Catholic cantons declared war on Zürich, deploying their main army on Zug's border with Zürich near Kappel am Albis.[1] Zürich's troops were mobilized far too late, and at noon on 11 October, an army of around 2000 men found itself alone against some 7000 soldiers from the five cantons.[1] The bulk of the troops from Zürich only arrived in the course of the afternoon, incomplete, in isolated groups and exhausted from the march. At 4 p.m., the Catholic troops launched an attack and routed the enemy after a brief resistance.[1] Zürich suffered around 500 killed, among them Zwingli, who had accompanied the main army as a military chaplain and whose body was burned as an heretic."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ [2]

• Helmut Meyer: Wars of Kappel in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Naf-3 created through the import of White.wiki.ged on Oct 26, 2011 by Pam Wade. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Pam and others.