 Niklaus Manuel Deutsch

Niklaus Manuel Deutsch ("Niklaus Manuel", c. 1484 – 28 April 1530), of Bern, was a Swiss artist, writer, mercenary and Reformed politician.Niklaus was most likely the son of Emanuel Aleman (or Alleman), a pharmacist whose own father had immigrated from Chieri in Piedmont, and his wife Margaretha Fricker (or Frikart), an illegitimate daughter of Bernese city scribe Thüring Fricker.