Polity Valtellina

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Was a short-lived rebel polity created by Jürg Jenatsch in Valtellina, a valley in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.

Establishment

  • January 1638: In 1637, Jürg Jenatsch, a Protestant leader in the Grisons region, converted to Catholicism and led a revolt against the Duke of Rohan and the French, resulting in their expulsion from Valtellina and other Grisons lands.

Chronology

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1. European wars of religion

Were a series of wars in Europe (and the overseas possessions of European countries) the 16th, 17th and early 18th that started after the Protestant Reformation. Although the immediate causes of the wars were religious, the motives were complex and also included territorial ambitions.

1.1. Thirty Years' War

Was a war that took place mainly in central Europe between 1618 and 1648. The war began as a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestant in the Holy Roman Empire but then escalated into a conflict for the hegemony in Europe between Habsburg Spain and Austria, Sweden and France.

1.1.1. Thirty Years' War Minor Scenarios

A series of conflicts related to the Thirty Years' War.

1.1.1.1. War of Valtellina

Was a war over the control of Valtellina (today in northern Italy) mainly between Spain and France.

  • January 1638: In 1637, Jürg Jenatsch, a Protestant leader in the Grisons region, converted to Catholicism and led a revolt against the Duke of Rohan and the French, resulting in their expulsion from Valtellina and other Grisons lands.

1.1.2. Bündner Wirren

Was a war in in what is now the Swiss canton of Graubünden that started as a revolt by local Catholics against their Protestant overlords.

  • September 1639: On 24 January 1639, Jürg Jenatsch was killed. On 3 September 1639 the Leagues agreed with Spain to bring the Valtellina back under League sovereignty, but with the promise to respect the free exercise of the Catholic faith. Treaties with Austria in 1649 and 1652, brought the Müstair and Lower Engadine valleys back under the authority of the Three Leagues.

Disestablishment

  • September 1639: On 24 January 1639, Jürg Jenatsch was killed. On 3 September 1639 the Leagues agreed with Spain to bring the Valtellina back under League sovereignty, but with the promise to respect the free exercise of the Catholic faith. Treaties with Austria in 1649 and 1652, brought the Müstair and Lower Engadine valleys back under the authority of the Three Leagues.