Federal Charter of 1291

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constitutional document founding document medieval alliance treaty

The Federal Charter of 1291 is a foundational medieval alliance pact among the original Swiss forest cantons that is traditionally regarded as the birth document of the Swiss Confederation.

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Label	Occurrences
Federal Charter of 1291 canonical	1
Swiss federal charters	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional document ⓘ founding document ⓘ medieval alliance treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bundesbrief von 1291 ⓘ Federal Pact of 1291 NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Old Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ Swiss National Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Swiss national identity ⓘ
authoredBy	representatives of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Swiss National Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Old Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfArchive	Switzerland GENERATED ⓘ
dateSigned	1291-08-01 ⓘ
documentType	parchment charter ⓘ
followedBy	Pact of Brunnen NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	political charter ⓘ
governingBody	allied communities of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden ⓘ
hasPart	clauses on arbitration of disputes ⓘ clauses on collective punishment of criminals ⓘ clauses on mutual defense ⓘ
historicalSignificance	earliest surviving constitutional pact of the Swiss forest cantons ⓘ symbol of Swiss independence ⓘ traditionally regarded as the founding document of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
influenced	later federal pacts of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
legalStatus	treaty under medieval customary law ⓘ
locatedInCollection	Swiss Federal Archives NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Forest Cantons of Central Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ Schwyz NERFINISHED ⓘ Unterwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ Uri NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	earlier local alliances in central Switzerland ⓘ
purpose	collective security against external threats ⓘ defensive alliance ⓘ maintenance of internal peace and order ⓘ mutual assistance pact ⓘ
region	Central Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEvent	formation of the Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
relatedTo	Swiss Federal Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
script	medieval Latin script ⓘ
signatory	Canton of Schwyz NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Unterwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Uri NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	collective decision-making among cantons ⓘ mutual legal assistance ⓘ regulation of judicial cooperation ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
yearSigned	1291 ⓘ

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

Unterwalden → mentionedIn → Federal Charter of 1291 ⓘ

Forum of Swiss History Schwyz → hasSubject → Federal Charter of 1291 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss federal charters