Gessler
ALBRECHT, or HERMAN (ges'ler), called also GESSLER VON BRU- NECK (in Swiss legendry), was in 1300 appointed joint-governor along with Berenger von Landenberg, of the Waldstädten or forest cantons (Schwytz, Unterwalden, and Uri), by Albrecht I. of Austria. According to the traditions connected with WILLIAM TELL (q. v.), q. v.) , his oppressive edicts and wanton cruelty so enraged the inhabitants that a conspiracy was formed against him, and he was shot by Tell in a narrow pass near Küssnacht in 1307.