Alois von Reding

Josef Fridolin Vinzenz Aloys Reding von Biberegg[1] (6 March 1765 – 5 February 1818)[2] was a Swiss army officer and politician best known for leading an revolt against the Helvetic Republic.

[3] In early 1798, France invaded Switzerland and replaced the Old Swiss Confederacy with the Helvetic Republic, a French client state.

This led to the number of councilmen representing the newly formed canton reduce drastically, thus limiting its effectiveness in the central government.

[3] Reding then became one of the leaders of the Stecklikrieg revolt, which caused the collapse of the Republic, and was imprisoned for several months after France re-occupied the country.

[3] In 1803, the Helvetic Republic came to an end with Napoleon's Act of Mediation, which saw the re-establishment of the Swiss Confederation, though not as a restoration of the ancien régime.