Burgundian Wars
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Was a conflict between the Burgundian State and the Old Swiss Confederacy and its allies.
Chronology
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February 1476: Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, took the town of Grandson, which was controlled by troops from Bern and Freiburg.
May 1474: Following the Savoy defeat at the battle on the Planta, the bishop's army marched west conquering the Lower Valais as far as Saint-Maurice and capturing a total of 17 Savoyard castles.
June 1474: The Burgundian army starts the siege of Neuss.
July 1474: End of the Burgundian siege of Neuss.
November 1474: Battle of Héricourt.
December 1474: Battle of Héricourt.
January 1476: After the outbreak of hostilities in the Free County and in Savoy and the unsuccessful siege of Neuss, Charles had the Duchy of Lorraine occupied in 1475.
March 1476: In the battle of Grandson Charles the Bold of Burgundy suffered a defeat against the Swiss infantry.
April 1476: In March 1476, after the victory of Grandson, the forces of Valais advanced and captured St Maurice, Évian, Thonon and Monthey.
July 1476: On July 25, 1476, the Peace of Freiburg ended the feud of Bern, Fribourg and Valais with the Duchy of Savoy. Duchess Jolanda, regent of Savoy for the underage Duke Philibert I, had to cede the lordships of Aigle and Erlach, and Illen's lordship in Freiburg. Murten, Grandson, Échallens and Orbe went to Freiburg and Bern as common dominions. The parts of Vaud occupied by Bern and Friborg also remained a pledge of the two cities until the payment of 50,000 guilders. The bishop of Sitten, Walter Supersaxo, who was allied with Bern, further annexed the governorate of St. Maurice in the Lower Valais, which was occupied by the Valais in 1475.
January 1477: The Duke of Lorraine Returns to his Duchy.
December 1474: At the end of October 1474, Bern occupied the dominion of Erlach on Lake Biel.
June 1474: In the spring of 1475, Freiburg acquired the County of Illens an der Saane.
January 1477: Bern returned Vaud to the duchy of Savoy against a ransom of 50,000 guilders already in 1476.
January 1536: In the wake of the Swiss Reformation, Bern occupied Vaud and the city of Geneva in 1535.
