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Old Swiss Confederacy · Alexandria

Organization · 1291 CE – 1798 CE

Old Swiss Confederacy

Also known as

Alte Eidgenossenschaft
Alte Eidgenossenschaft
Alter grosser Bund oberdeutscher Lande
Alter großer Bund oberdeutscher Lande
ancienne Confédération suisse
Antica Confederazione

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This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

containsBündner Wirren1618 CE
followsDuchy of Swabia9th c. CE
had as citizenFrédéric-Louis Allamand1736 CE
birthplace ofJohann von Tiefen1440 CE

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