When Christian Grossen was christened on 18 January 1800, in Frutigen, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Hans Grossen, was 46 and his mother, Elisabeth Mützenberg, was 36. He married Maria Holzer on 9 December 1831, in Frutigen, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 18 July 1867, in Kandergrund, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 67, and was buried in Kandergrund, Bern, Switzerland.
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"Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his ""mediation""."
New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.
Made capital 1848
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Thor.
Swiss German: from a pet form of an ancient Germanic compound name beginning with the element grōz ‘large’.
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