Raron affair
| Raron Affair | |||||||
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Map of Valais before the Raron affair | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Upper Valais rebels Uri Unterwalden Lucerne |
Bishop of Sion Raron family Savoy Berne | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5,000 | 13,000 | ||||||
The Raron affair (German: Raronhandel) was a 15th-century rebellion in the Valais (the prince-bishopric of Sion) against the power of a local noble family, the Raron family. The rebellion brought several cantons of the Swiss Confederation into conflict with each other and threatened a civil war in the Confederation. While Bern was initially successful, they were eventually forced to surrender most of their gains.