Old Swiss Confederacy

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confederation historical state precursor of Switzerland

The Old Swiss Confederacy was a loose alliance of autonomous cantons in Central Europe that formed the precursor to the modern Swiss state and existed from the late Middle Ages until its reorganization in the early 19th century.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Swiss Confederacy	15
Catholic cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy	1
Eidgenossenschaft	1
Old Swiss Confederacy (in personal union periods)	1
Protestant cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	confederation ⓘ historical state ⓘ precursor of Switzerland ⓘ
allianceWith	Three Leagues ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ surface form: Eidgenossenschaft
capital	no single capital ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
currency	various local currencies ⓘ
deFactoIndependenceFrom	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dissolved	1798 ⓘ
endTime	early 19th century ⓘ
followedBy	Helvetic Republic ⓘ
governmentForm	confederation of autonomous cantons ⓘ
hasPart	Aargau ⓘ Appenzell ⓘ Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ Bern ⓘ Fribourg NERFINISHED ⓘ Glarus ⓘ Grisons ⓘ Lucerne ⓘ Schaffhausen ⓘ Schwyz ⓘ Solothurn ⓘ St. Gallen ⓘ Thurgau ⓘ Canton of Ticino ⓘ surface form: Ticino Unterwalden ⓘ Uri ⓘ Valais ⓘ Zug ⓘ Zürich NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1291 ⓘ
legalSuccessor	Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederation
memberOf	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
officialLanguage	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ
politicalStructure	loose alliance of autonomous cantons ⓘ
precededBy	alliances of forest cantons ⓘ
region	Central Europe ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Morgarten ⓘ Battle of Sempach ⓘ Swiss Reformation ⓘ surface form: Reformation in Switzerland Swabian War ⓘ
sovereigntyType	confederation of states ⓘ
startTime	late 13th century ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louis XI of France → ally → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy

Old Swiss Confederacy → alsoKnownAs → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eidgenossenschaft

Burgundian Wars → belligerent → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

Huldrych → birthCountry → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

subject surface form: Huldrych Zwingli

Huldrych Zwingli → birthPlace → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

Emer de Vattel → citizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy

Heinrich Bullinger → citizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

Huldrych Zwingli → citizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

Huldrych → citizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

subject surface form: Huldrych Zwingli

Leonhard Euler → citizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy

Emperor Maximilian I → conflictWith → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy

Kappel am Albis → country → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Kappel (1531)

Second War of Kappel → country → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

Domenico Trezzini → countryOfBirth → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

Theodore de Mayerne → countryOfBirth → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy

Albrecht von Haller → countryOfCitizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

Domenico Trezzini → countryOfCitizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

Jakob Bernoulli → countryOfCitizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy

Commentary on True and False Religion → countryOfOrigin → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

Huldrych → deathCountry → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

subject surface form: Huldrych Zwingli

Desiderius Erasmus → deathPlace → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

Huldrych Zwingli → deathPlace → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

Swiss Reformation → hasMainRegion → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy

Holy League against France → hasMember → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy

European wars of religion → hasParticipant → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy

Second War of Kappel → hasParticipant → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy

Second War of Kappel → hasParticipant → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catholic cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy

Second War of Kappel → location → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

Treaty of Baden (1714) → mediatedBy → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy

Duchy of Burgundy → neighboringEntity → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy

Prince of Neuchâtel → partOf → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Swiss Confederacy (in personal union periods)

Italian Wars → participant → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy

Jakob Bernoulli → placeOfBirth → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy

Johann Bernoulli → placeOfBirth → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy

Jakob Bernoulli → placeOfDeath → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy

Treaty of Baden (1714) → signedInCountry → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ