David-Philippe de Treytorrens

In 1771 or 1776, they returned to Yverdon and, from 1778, built a country house called ''Bains neufs'', later known as ''Villa d’Entremont''. They brought two enslaved individuals from Saint-Domingue: François Mida (died 1797 in Yverdon) and Pauline Buisson (1770 – February 10, 1826).{{Historical Dictionary of Switzerland|62096|Pauline Buisson|author=Caroline Arni|date=2024-08-27}}{{cite web |title=Kolonialität und Geschlecht im 20. Jahrhundert - Nachwort |trans-title=Coloniality and Gender in the 20th Century - Afterword |url=https://www.transcript-open.de/pdf_chapter/bis%204699/9783839444108/9783839444108-032.pdf |access-date=October 21, 2025 }} Pauline gave birth to an illegitimate son, Samuel Hippolyte Buisson, in 1790, reportedly fathered by a French servant named Le Bel. Samuel later worked as a shoemaker in Yverdon. Although slavery was prohibited in the [[Old Swiss Confederacy]], Pauline Buisson was not legally granted a surname. Her son Samuel was denied citizenship and local rights, despite legal disputes between the Treytorrens family and the Yverdon municipality, which feared having to support him financially. The dispute ended with a settlement in 1834, but Samuel died stateless in 1832.{{cite news |last=Petite |first=Simon |date=January 4, 2021 |title=Pauline Buisson, les mystères de la «négresse d'Yverdon» |trans-title=Pauline Buisson, the mysteries of the "negress of Yverdon" |url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/vaud/pauline-buisson-mysteres-negresse-dyverdon |access-date=October 21, 2025 |work=Le Temps |issn=1423-3967}}{{cite web |title=Sklaverei und der transatlantische Handel mit Gütern, Menschen und Kolonialwaren im 16.–19. Jahrhundert |trans-title=Slavery and the transatlantic trade in goods, people, and colonial commodities in the 16th–19th centuries |url=https://cooperaxion.org/documents/dokumente/2012_CHundSklavenhandel.pdf |access-date=October 21, 2025 |publisher=cooperaxion }}{{cite web |title=Affaire Hypolite Buisson, fils de Pauline |trans-title=Case of Hypolite Buisson, son of Pauline |url=https://www.yverdon-les-bains.ch/votre-commune/histoire-archives/affaire-buisson |access-date=October 21, 2025 |publisher=Municipality of Yverdon-les-Bains}}

In 1771 or 1776, they returned to Yverdon and, from 1778, built a country house called ''Bains neufs'', later known as ''Villa d’Entremont''. They brought two enslaved individuals from Saint-Domingue: François Mida (died 1797 in Yverdon) and Pauline Buisson (1770 – February 10, 1826).{{Historical Dictionary of Switzerland|62096|Pauline Buisson|author=Caroline Arni|date=2024-08-27}}{{cite web |title=Kolonialität und Geschlecht im 20. Jahrhundert - Nachwort |trans-title=Coloniality and Gender in the 20th Century - Afterword |url=https://www.transcript-open.de/pdf_chapter/bis%204699/9783839444108/9783839444108-032.pdf |access-date=October 21, 2025 }} Pauline gave birth to an illegitimate son, Samuel Hippolyte Buisson, in 1790, reportedly fathered by a French servant named Le Bel. Samuel later worked as a shoemaker in Yverdon. Although slavery was prohibited in the [[Old Swiss Confederacy]], Pauline Buisson was not legally granted a surname. Her son Samuel was denied citizenship and local rights, despite legal disputes between the Treytorrens family and the Yverdon municipality, which feared having to support him financially. The dispute ended with a settlement in 1834, but Samuel died stateless in 1832.{{cite news |last=Petite |first=Simon |date=January 4, 2021 |title=Pauline Buisson, les mystères de la «négresse d'Yverdon» |trans-title=Pauline Buisson, the mysteries of the "negress of Yverdon" |url=https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/vaud/pauline-buisson-mysteres-negresse-dyverdon |access-date=October 21, 2025 |work=Le Temps |issn=1423-3967}}{{cite web |title=Sklaverei und der transatlantische Handel mit Gütern, Menschen und Kolonialwaren im 16.–19. Jahrhundert |trans-title=Slavery and the transatlantic trade in goods, people, and colonial commodities in the 16th–19th centuries |url=https://cooperaxion.org/documents/dokumente/2012_CHundSklavenhandel.pdf |access-date=October 21, 2025 |publisher=cooperaxion }}{{cite web |title=Affaire Hypolite Buisson, fils de Pauline |trans-title=Case of Hypolite Buisson, son of Pauline |url=https://www.yverdon-les-bains.ch/votre-commune/histoire-archives/affaire-buisson |access-date=October 21, 2025 |publisher=Municipality of Yverdon-les-Bains}}

The Villa d’Entremont in Yverdon-les-Bains, built between 1778 and 1785 for David-Philippe de Treytorrens, is a country house with two richly decorated facades. It was designed by architect Béat de Hennezel (1733–1810){{Historical Dictionary of Switzerland|19383|Béat de Hennezel|author=Nathalie Perret-Gentil, Ernst Grell|date=2008-04-09}} on the site of a former Treytorrens family estate near the Yverdon baths. The Treytorrens coat of arms, once displayed at the roofline with floral decoration, has been replaced by the city’s coat of arms, as Yverdon has owned the property since 1961.

The Villa d’Entremont in Yverdon-les-Bains, built between 1778 and 1785 for David-Philippe de Treytorrens, is a country house with two richly decorated facades. It was designed by architect Béat de Hennezel (1733–1810){{Historical Dictionary of Switzerland|19383|Béat de Hennezel|author=Nathalie Perret-Gentil, Ernst Grell|date=2008-04-09}} on the site of a former Treytorrens family estate near the Yverdon baths. The Treytorrens coat of arms, once displayed at the roofline with floral decoration, has been replaced by the city's coat of arms, as Yverdon has owned the property since 1961.

=== Career ===

=== Career ===

* Olivier Pavillon, Rafael Wagner: ''[https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/061976/2024-08-22/ David-Philippe de Treytorrens]''. In: [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]].

* Olivier Pavillon, Rafael Wagner: ''[https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/061976/2024-08-22/ David-Philippe de Treytorrens]''. In: [[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]].

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