Republic of the Seven Tithings
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The Republic of the Seven Tithings[4] (German: Republik der Sieben Zenden, French: République des Sept-Dizains) was a state in what is now the Swiss canton of Valais during the early modern period, and an associate of the Old Swiss Confederacy.
Republic of the Seven Tithings | |||||||||
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1571–1798 | |||||||||
Status | Associated to the Confederation | ||||||||
Capital | Sion | ||||||||
Official languages | German | ||||||||
Regional languages | French | ||||||||
Government | Federal republic[1] | ||||||||
Landeshauptmann[2] | |||||||||
• 1571–1573 | Moriz Zum Brunnen[3] (first de facto) | ||||||||
• 1790–1798 | Jakob Valentin Sigristen[3] (last) | ||||||||
Legislature | Diet | ||||||||
Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
• Zehndenherrschaft (Republic) | 1571 | ||||||||
• declaration of independence | 1613 | ||||||||
• de jure independence | 1634 | ||||||||
• Incorporated into the Helvetic Republic | 1798 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Switzerland |
The seven tithings (Zenden, dizains, Latin: decumae) of the Central and Upper Valais, listed orographically[clarification needed], were Goms, Brig, Visp, Raron, Leuk, Siders, and Sion. The six districts of the Lower Valais, known as "banners" (vexilla), were ruled as subject lands by the Republic. They only came to be referred to as dizains as they acceded to the Rhodanic Republic and the Swiss canton, during 1802–1815.