Kettenbund

The Kettenbund was a secret league of thirty-one Grisons officers and statesmen formed during the period of the Bündner Wirren. The alliance was concluded on 6 February 1637 at the house of Chur burgomaster Gregor Meyer, with the aim of driving the French out of the Grisons and reconquering the Valtellina.[1]

Jörg Jenatsch, officially in the service of Duke Henri de Rohan, was not a member of the Kettenbund, although he supported it covertly. He commanded a force of 3,000 men that he advanced on 21 March 1637 against Rohan's entrenched position near Landquart. Betrayed, the duke capitulated on 26 March and was dismissed at Chur on 5 May with all the honors due to a friend of the Grisons.[1]

References

 This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-BY SA. Text taken from Kettenbund​, Adolf Collenberg, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Translated by Philippe Hebeisen.

  1. 1 2 "Kettenbund" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

Bibliography

  • Pieth, Friedrich. Bündnergeschichte, pp. 221–223.
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