Three Leagues

Free State of the Three Leagues
Freistaat der Drei Bünde (German)
Stato libero delle Tre Leghe (Italian)
Stadi liber da las Trais Lias (Romansh)
Stat liber di Trii Ligh (Lombard)
1471–1799
Coat of arms of Three Leagues
Coat of arms
The foundation of the Three Leagues:
  Grey League, as at 1424
  Moesa, joined the Grey League in 1496
StatusAssociate of the Old Swiss Confederacy
CapitalChur
GovernmentRepublic
Historical eraRenaissance, Baroque
• League of God's House founded
29 January 1367
• Grey League founded
1395
• Grey League government
16 March 1424
8 June 1436
• Schamserfehde [de]
1450
• Closer ties and de facto independence from the Holy Roman Empire
late 15th century
• Bundesbrief constitution
23 September 1524
1798
• Annexed to the Helvetic Republic
21 April 1799
Preceded by
Succeeded by
League of God's House League of God's House
League of the Ten Jurisdictions League of the Ten Jurisdictions
Grey League Grey League
Duchy of Milan
Canton of Raetia
Cisalpine Republic

The Three Leagues, sometimes referred to as Raetia,[1] was the 1471 alliance between the League of God's House, the League of the Ten Jurisdictions, and the Grey League. Its members were all associates of the Old Swiss Confederacy, and as such enjoyed positive relations with the Confederation, which eventually led to the formation of the Swiss canton of Grisons.

The territory corresponds to the core territory of Raetia Curiensis (ruled by the bishops of Chur as Prince-Bishopric of Chur), the early medieval remnant of the Roman province of Raetia prima.

  1. ^ Wilson, Peter (2010). Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War. Penguin Books. pp. 159–61, 383–4.