Alliance des Alpes (Chaos)

In 1511, Francois, the Regent for his nephew, French king, was elected Roman king (as ). He had to find out soon that the title was far from having much actual power. To counter this, he founded the Alliance des Alpes (German: Alpenbund) with, and -Carinthia. The new alliance was mainly directed against the. Together, they fought the Seljuks in the 1567-74, the  1599-1604 and the  1635-46, all of them successful. But France used the alliance also to interfere in German politics.

Under, France also interfered in the , with the result that both and  also joined the alliance. 1660-64, it also engaged in the, dividing up this country, which was widely criticized in.

After the lost, the Alliance des Alpes had to be dissolved.