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Benedikt Fontana

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22: 306: 132: 245:, Freuler hesitated during an attack and Fontana is said to have assumed control and fought valiantly while shouting "We are Grisons, today or never!". Fontana was mortally wounded during the battle but the Swiss troops defeated the Empire's troops despite being outnumbered 2:1. 66:, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Knowledge (XXG). 52: 252:
and has never been found. Fontana remains a legendary figure in Romansh culture to this day, and in 1903 a statue was erected to Fontana in the cantonal capital of
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According to local legend, Fontana's sword was later thrown into the headwaters of a creek in his hometown of
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bailiff and minister who allegedly died a heroic death during the
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Riom
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League of God's House
Val Müstair
Three Leagues
Free State of the Three Leagues
Romansh
Battle of Calven
Grisons
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Three Leagues
Swabian War
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