Jacques François de Goumoëns

Jacques François de Goumoëns (2 July 1667 in Orbe – 10 March 1729 in Maastricht) was a Swiss military officer in foreign service. A Protestant burgher of Bern and Orbe from 1686, he was lord of Corcelles and Oppens. Biography He was the son of Frédéric, lord of Goumoëns-la-Ville, and of Louise Christin. He married Judith Darbonnier, daughter of Louis Frédéric, lord of Dizy and castellan of Orbe.

Goumoëns began his military career in French service in the Erlach regiment, before transferring to Dutch service, in which he took part in several battles of the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1715 he joined the armed expedition organized by the stadtholder to support England against the Scottish rebels. As colonel-proprietor of the Bernese Stürler regiment, he gave the unit his name in 1722, and in 1727 he was promoted to brigadier.