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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings my name is Wilhelm von Winkleried, and I
am the baronial Knights Marshall.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am a 14th century Swiss landowner from village of
Sarnen in the half canton of Obwalden. We are a small poor people
who are standing up for our rights as we were given immediacy (self
rule) by the emperor Frederick II, before they were usurped by the Hapsburg
family. My Grandfather was one of the men who swore the oath At Rutli on
the bank of Lake Lucerne. This oath/treaty Forming a perpetual alliance against
the Hapsburgs and for the traditional rights granted us. This oath was sworn by
men from the Waldstatte or three forest cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and
Unterwalden. Grandfather harassed the Hapsburg governors and was one of a
small number of men from our village that massacred Duke Leopold I's
army at Morgaten (1315). My mother (Katrinia) was taken by the plague
in one of it's rare incursions into Switzerland and my father (Walter)
was killed fighting against the foreign invaders in the Gugler war (A
little family squabble between Coucy the VII from France and the Hapsburgs).
After that I was sent to my uncle Ottos who passed me on to his friend the abbot
when I was just five. Lets just say I wasn't cut out for monastical life and
spent the rest of my youth working on Ottos farm.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In 1386 the Hapsburgs tried to regain the lands
they claimed as theirs, This time lead by Duke Leopold III. I was part of
the force that met the invaders at Hieldesrieden and once more the flower of
Austrian chivalry as well as the duke were buried on Swiss
soil.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After that I continued working on my uncles farm
and eventually one of my own. Farming is boring and with little profit
margin so when an offer came from Italy looking for men to go
to Venice, jumped at the chance met a beautiful young lady there and worked
out an "arrangement" with her family. This marriage has blessed me with two
wonderful children.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am also the Knights Marshal for the Barony of
Namron Which is the office that coordinates the heavy fighting activities. I am
also a Member of the Order of the Heart of the Sable Storm ( Baronial senior
Service Award) and am also responsible for providing a majority of the
Beltain Maypoles.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Other interests:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Period Agricultural Implements and
Techniques</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Period wood framing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ax work ( Felling and hewing)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Heavy fighting ( specialties Spear and Pole
weapons)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Monastical Life and Learning </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In service</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Wilhelm von Winkleried </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Knights Marshal Barony of Namron</FONT></DIV>
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