Three Leagues

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The Three Leagues was a federation of allied leagues in what is now the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, that played a key role in regional politics and alliances in the late Middle Ages and early modern period.

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Three Leagues canonical 18

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alliance of leagues ⓘ
former confederation ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Drei Bünde ⓘ
Drei Bünde im Veltlin und Chiavenna ⓘ
Drei Bünde von Rhätien ⓘ
Three Leagues of the Grisons ⓘ
capital Chur ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
dissolved 1798 ⓘ
endTime 1798 ⓘ
followedBy Canton of Graubünden ⓘ
Canton of Raetia (Helvetic Republic) ⓘ
governmentForm aristocratic republic ⓘ
federation of leagues ⓘ
hasPart Grey League ⓘ
League of God’s House ⓘ
League of the Ten Jurisdictions ⓘ
hasTerritory Bormio ⓘ
Chiavenna ⓘ
Valtellina ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Romansh ⓘ
legalSystem communal law of the leagues ⓘ
locatedIn Alps ⓘ
Eastern Switzerland ⓘ
Graubünden ⓘ
notableFeature balanced Catholic and Protestant communities ⓘ
high degree of local autonomy ⓘ
multi-lingual population ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
playedRoleIn regional politics of the Alps ⓘ
trade routes between northern and southern Europe ⓘ
politicalStructure loose confederation of semi-autonomous communities ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent alliances with Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
control of Bormio ⓘ
control of Chiavenna ⓘ
control of Valtellina ⓘ
involvement in Bündner Wirren (Grisons turmoil) ⓘ
participation in Swabian War ⓘ
startTime 14th century ⓘ
usedCurrency Gulden ⓘ
Kreuzer ⓘ

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