![Franz Peter König, the forgotten war hero and entrepreneur from Freiburg. Illustration by Marco Heer](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/franz-konig-300x225.jpg)
The forgotten war hero
Discovered in a museum storeroom, a magnificent portrait of a horseman proves to be witness to a life straight out of an adventure novel: Fribourg mercenary leader Franz Peter König’s wild gallop through the Thirty Years’ War.
![Franz Peter König, 1631: Painting by Samuel Hofmann.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/gemalde-konig-300x271.jpg)
![Etching of Franz Peter König, probably produced by David Custos, around 1630.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/druckgrafik-franz-peter-208x300.jpg)
![The Battle of White Mountain, painting by Pieter Snayers, 1620.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/schlacht-am-weissen-berg-300x190.jpg)
An officer and a war entrepreneur
![And so the circle closes: what was then the Palais Ratze is now the Museum of Art and History in Fribourg.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/palais-ratze-300x200.jpg)