Event Swabian War

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Was the last major armed conflict between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the House of Habsburg.

Chronology

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  • May 1499: Swiss forces left Klettgau and Hegau.
  • April 1499: On April 17, the Confederates moved to the Klettgau and the Hegau and plundered several towns, such as Tiengen and Stühlingen.
  • March 1499: The Swabian War of 1499 brought the Belfort's downfall: in order to eliminate it as an Austrian base, the people of Graubünden burned down the castle on March 14, 1499.
  • March 1499: However, the Confederates soon withdrew across the border again.
  • February 1499: In January 1499, the Habsburg governor of Tyrol, Sigismund of Austria, militarily occupied Vinschgau and Münstertal to assert his claim against the episcopal rights and the church association led by Bishop Georg of Chur.
  • February 1499: In the battle near Triesen, a Swabian contingent was defeated and the Confederates advanced to Lake Constance.
  • February 1499: Swabian troops occupy the St. Luzisteig Pass and Maienfeld on February 7th.
  • February 1499: On February 11 and 12, the Confederates and the Grisons drove out the Swabian federal troops from St. Luzisteig and from Maienfeld.

1. Treaty of Basel

Was the treaty that ended the Swabian War.

  • September 1499: On September 22, 1499, the Peace of Basel was sealed between Maximilian and the Confederates. Jurisdiction over Thurgau, previously an Imperial loan to the city of Constance, which was to pass to the Swiss Confederacy.