Philibert Berthelier

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Philibert Berthelier (c. 1465 – August 23, 1519), often known just as Berthelier, was a Swiss patriot, an uncompromising enemy of the Duke of Savoy in his ambition to lord it over Geneva.

In the grounds of the church that stands beside the Domaine de Chateauvieux in the village of Peney, overlooking the Rhone near Geneva, there is a small plaque erected in 1986 to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Reformation. This refers to the Castle of Peney as the 'ancient fief of Philibert Berthelier'. After the Reformation was declared Peney Castle was a stronghold of Catholicism and was destroyed by the Genevans in 1536. On the site now stands the Domaine de Chateauvieux, a luxury hotel and restaurant which has a brief historical account of the castle in English.

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• This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.