2006-10-02 22:31:17 · 7 answers · asked by cynthia c 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The source gives the story and says the name was: Walter.
"One day William Tell - a hunter from the nearby valley of Schächen - passed the market-place with his son Walter without paying attention to the hat. Gessler had him arrested immediately ".
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2006-10-02 23:11:25 · answer #1 · answered by sarayu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walter
William Tell from Bürglen was known as an expert marksman with the crossbow. At the time, the Habsburg emperors were seeking to dominate Uri. Hermann Gessler, the newly appointed Austrian Vogt of Altdorf raised a pole in the village's central square with his hat on top and demanded that all the local townsfolk bow before it. As Tell passed by without bowing, he was arrested. He received the punishment of being forced to shoot an apple off the head of his son, Walter, or else both would be executed.
2006-10-02 22:53:03 · answer #2 · answered by arch 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is some debate as to whether William Tell was a real person or just a legend. If you believe the movies and TV shows based on William Tell, his son's name was Matthew.
2006-10-02 22:49:40 · answer #3 · answered by kidd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not history. It's a myth, first heard of about 200 years later.
2006-10-03 05:51:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, his name was Kizen, brother of Shoen.
2006-10-02 22:36:31 · answer #5 · answered by Victor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walter -- its probably legend
2006-10-02 22:44:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I only know his nickname. It was "Pincushion".
2006-10-02 23:26:31 · answer #7 · answered by Isis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋