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Albrecht Gessler
Albrecht Gessler
, also known as
Hermann
, was probably a legendary 14th-century
Habsburg
bailiff at
Altdorf
, whose brutal rule led to the
William Tell
rebellion and the eventual independence of the
Old Swiss Confederacy
.
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