Bündner Wirren
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The Bündner Wirren (Romansh: Scumbigls grischuns/Scumpigls grischuns/Sgurdins grischuns, French: Troubles des Grisons, Italian: Torbidi grigionesi, English: Graubünden disturbances or Revolt of the Leagues) was a conflict that lasted between 1618 and 1639 in what is now the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
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The Bündner Wirren; or Revolt of the Leagues | |||||||
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Part of the Thirty Years' War | |||||||
Monte Disgrazia 3,678m; the Valtellina Pass | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
The Three Leagues France Venice Savoy |
Grison rebels Holy Roman Empire Spain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jörg Jenatsch † Henri, duke of Rohan François Annibal d'Estrées |
Pompeius Planta † Gómez, duke of Figueroa |
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Initially a revolt by local Catholics against their Protestant overlords, many regional powers became involved as it potentially affected control of the Valtellina alpine passes. A loose alliance of France, Venice, and the Duchy of Savoy supported the Three Leagues against the Grison rebels, backed by the Habsburg monarchy. The conflict threatened to draw the Swiss Confederation into the Thirty Years War.