Three Leagues of the Grisons

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The Three Leagues of the Grisons was a historical confederation of three allied leagues in what is now the Swiss canton of Graubünden, which played a key role in regional politics in the late Middle Ages and early modern period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alliance
historical confederation
alsoKnownAs Drei Bünde NERFINISHED
Drei Bünde der Rhätien NERFINISHED
Drei Bünde von Graubünden NERFINISHED
Three Leagues NERFINISHED
borderedBy Lombardy NERFINISHED
Old Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED
Tyrol NERFINISHED
capital Chur NERFINISHED
characteristic decentralized institutions
high degree of local autonomy
multi-lingual population
country Switzerland
dissolvedInto canton of Graubünden NERFINISHED
endTime 1803
followedBy canton of Graubünden NERFINISHED
governmentForm federal republic
loose confederation
hasPart Grey League NERFINISHED
League of God’s House NERFINISHED
League of the Ten Jurisdictions NERFINISHED
integratedInto Helvetic Republic sphere after 1798
languageUsed German
Italian
Romansh
legalSystem communal law of the member leagues
locatedIn Alps NERFINISHED
Graubünden NERFINISHED
Grisons NERFINISHED
eastern Switzerland NERFINISHED
partOf Old Swiss Confederacy sphere of influence
playedRoleIn conflicts between Habsburg Monarchy and Swiss interests
regional politics of the Alps
politicalStructure alliance of semi-autonomous leagues
precededBy Grey League NERFINISHED
League of God’s House NERFINISHED
League of the Ten Jurisdictions NERFINISHED
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
significantEvent control of alpine passes to Italy
involvement in the Bündner Wirren (Grisons turmoil)
participation in the Swabian War
startTime 1395
late 14th century
timePeriod early modern period
late Middle Ages NERFINISHED
todayWithin Swiss canton of Graubünden NERFINISHED

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Three Leagues alsoKnownAs Three Leagues of the Grisons