Johann Ulrich von Salis-Soglio

Johann Ulrich von Salis-Soglio (16 March 1790 – 27 April 1874 ) was a Swiss military officer who in 1847 commanded the conservative Sonderbund alliance in the Sonderbund War.

Career Salis-Soglio was born in Chur on 16 March 1790 to the Salis-Soglio noble family. He was the son of Katharina von Salis-Seewis and Daniel Salis-Soglio, an influential local politician and later delegate to the Congress of Vienna. In August 1847, he was dismissed from his army position due to his support for the Sonderbund alliance. A Protestant, Salis-Soglio reluctantly took command of the Sonderbund army in October 1847. The Sonderbund, politically divided and with an inferior army, was defeated by the Federal army under General Dufour in the Sonderbund War. Salis-Soglio was accused of high treason, but was not put on trial due to the prioritization of national reconciliation.

After the war, Salis-Soglio lived in Bergamo, South Tyrol, and Munich, before retiring to Chur in 1855. He died in Chur on 27 April 1874, aged 84.