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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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Old Swiss Confederacy canonical 64
Swiss Confederacy 29
Ancien Régime in Switzerland 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-Stadt ⓘ
surface form: Basel

Bern ⓘ
Fribourg ⓘ
Glarus ⓘ
Grisons ⓘ
Lucerne ⓘ
Schaffhausen ⓘ
Schwyz ⓘ
Solothurn ⓘ
St. Gallen ⓘ
Thurgau ⓘ
Canton of Ticino ⓘ
surface form: Ticino

Unterwalden ⓘ
Uri ⓘ
Valais ⓘ
Zug ⓘ
Zurich ⓘ
surface form: Zürich
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 (101)

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

Treaty of Baden (1714) → signedInCountry → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Treaty of Baden (1714) → mediatedBy → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Huldrych Zwingli → birthPlace → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Huldrych Zwingli → deathPlace → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Huldrych Zwingli → citizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Leonhard Euler → citizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
European wars of religion → hasParticipant → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Italian Wars → participant → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Desiderius Erasmus → deathPlace → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Jakob Bernoulli → countryOfCitizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Jakob Bernoulli → placeOfBirth → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Jakob Bernoulli → placeOfDeath → 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)
Emperor Maximilian I → conflictWith → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Domenico Trezzini → countryOfCitizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Domenico Trezzini → countryOfBirth → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Emer de Vattel → citizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Kappel am Albis → country → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Kappel (1531)
Commentary on True and False Religion → countryOfOrigin → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Second War of Kappel → location → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Second War of Kappel → country → Old 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
Old Swiss Confederacy → alsoKnownAs → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eidgenossenschaft
Johann Bernoulli → placeOfBirth → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Swiss Reformation → hasMainRegion → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Albrecht von Haller → countryOfCitizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Huldrych → birthCountry → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
subject surface form: Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych → deathCountry → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
subject surface form: Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych → citizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
subject surface form: Huldrych Zwingli
Heinrich Bullinger → citizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Theodore de Mayerne → countryOfBirth → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Louis XI of France → ally → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Holy League against France → hasMember → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Duchy of Burgundy → neighboringEntity → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Burgundian Wars → belligerent → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Battle of Marignano → belligerent → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Swabian League → opposedBy → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Johann Froben → citizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Prince-Bishopric of Basel → borderedBy → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Republic of Geneva → partOf → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Swiss Confederacy (as associate)
Principality of Neuchâtel → partOf → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Constance → borderedBy → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Anna Reinhart → countryOfCitizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Anna Reinhart → country → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
subject surface form: Swiss Reformation
Anna Reinhart → country → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
subject surface form: Zurich
Nicholas of Flüe → birthPlace → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Nicholas of Flüe → countryOfCitizenship → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
Nicholas of Flüe → associatedWith → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Confederacy
Henry Fuseli → birthPlace → Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ