Count Pierre Marie Joseph de Zurich (1881–1947) was a Swiss historian[ citation needed], specializing on the history of the city and canton of Fribourg. He was the son of colonel Ernest de Zurich, of the comital de Zurich family of Lessoc, and of Jeanne de Reynold, of the comital de Reynold family of Fribourg. He studied in Fribourg and Munich. He married Jeanne de Weck, daughter of Rodolphe de Weck, director of the Société des tramways de Fribourg in 1907. He is known for having established the foundational date of the city of Fribourg (a Zähringer city) from primary sources, as 1157.
He lived in Fribourg, in Pérolles castle, an estate he had inherited from his mother, and later in an estate he had built in Barberêche. He served as municipal councillor of Barberêche, as member of the cantonal assembly of Fribourg, and as infantry major in the Swiss army. He was president or board member of numerous societies, among them Société d'histoire du canton de Fribourg and Société d'histoire de la Suisse romande.
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Count Pierre Marie Joseph de Zurich (1881–1947) was a Swiss historian[ citation needed], specializing on the history of the city and canton of Fribourg. He was the son of colonel Ernest de Zurich, of the comital de Zurich family of Lessoc, and of Jeanne de Reynold, of the comital de Reynold family of Fribourg. He studied in Fribourg and Munich. He married Jeanne de Weck, daughter of Rodolphe de Weck, director of the Société des tramways de Fribourg in 1907. He is known for having established the foundational date of the city of Fribourg (a Zähringer city) from primary sources, as 1157.
He lived in Fribourg, in Pérolles castle, an estate he had inherited from his mother, and later in an estate he had built in Barberêche. He served as municipal councillor of Barberêche, as member of the cantonal assembly of Fribourg, and as infantry major in the Swiss army. He was president or board member of numerous societies, among them Société d'histoire du canton de Fribourg and Société d'histoire de la Suisse romande.
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