Swiss War against Savoy
1403 CE to 1416 CE
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The two Swiss cantons of Uri and Unterwalden occupy the upper Ticino River valley (on the present Swiss-Italian border) in 1403 in a bid to expand southward and control the Alpine passes into northern Italy.
The Swiss cantons of Uri and Unterwalden had called on fellow members of the Swiss Confederation to support their occupation of the upper Ticino River valley in 1410, and had occupied also the Val d’Ossola at the other end of the Simplon Pass.
The Swiss lose this valley four years later to the duchy of Savoy, but regain it by the end of 1416, thereby bringing most of the Alpine passed into northern Italy under Swiss control.