Alois von Reding
…in Schwyz, Switzerland, to Theodor Anton Reding, a lieutenant-colonel in the Spanish Army, and Magdalena Freuler. In 1781, he followed his brothers Theodor and Nazar and became a mercenary in Spanish service. He took part in the invasion of Minorca in 1782, during the Anglo-French War (1778–1783), and in…