Melchior Russ

[1] After his studies at the University of Pavia, Russ served as a soldier in the Burgundian Wars, participating in the battles of Grandson, Murten and Nancy.

On occasion of the following peace negotiations between the Swiss Confederation and the Dukes of Milan, Russ probably seized the chance to make a journey to France.

After King Matthias' sudden death in 1491, the heavily indebted Melchior Russ, who had never been recompensed for his work at the Hungarian court, was deprived of his two possessions Sins and Rüssegg.

[1] In 1496, Melchior Russ, who had resumed his post as a magistrate of the city of Lucerne, became involved in a lawsuit with the influential mayor Ludwig Seiler.

[1] During his exile from Lucerne, Russ, who had found a new place of residence in the canton of Uri, participated in the war between the Swiss Confederation and the Holy Roman Empire.