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League of God's House
The
League of God's House
(
German
:
Gotteshausbund
,
Italian
:
Lega Caddea
, ) was formed in what is now
Switzerland
on January 29, 1367 to resist the rising power of the
Bishopric of Chur
and the
House of Habsburg
. The League allied with the
Grey League
and the
League of the Ten Jurisdictions
in 1471 to form the
Three Leagues
. The League of God's House, together with the two other Leagues, was allied with the
Old Swiss Confederacy
throughout the 15th and 16th centuries. After the
Napoleonic wars
the League of God's House became a part of the Swiss canton of
Graubünden
.
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