Louise Elisabeth de Meuron

She was born in Bern, daughter of Ludwig von Tscharner, a doctor of philosophy and army engineer, and Anna (née de Watteville), in the family's Münsterplatz residence.

She regularly staged equestrian jumping events (concours hippiques) and was noted for her imperious manner.

When a farmer wanted to sit on the Frisching family pew in church, she pulled him off, stating "Up in heaven we'll all be equal, but in the meantime, down here, we'll have a bit of discipline."

Once, when a female vagrant (crazy little beggar woman, as Meuron put it) was caught stealing fruit from her castle grounds, she locked her up in the coach house for two days.

When charged with false imprisonment, she produced in court a document dating from the Middle Ages that authorized the owner of Rümligen Castle to administer low justice.