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country, giving up his position as a pastor, and henceforth acting solely as a soldier. He helped in the revolt against the Austrians in the Prattigau (1622), and in the invasion of the Valtellina by a See also:

French See also:

army (1624), but the See also:

peace made (1626) between See also:

France and See also:

Spain See also:

LEFT

left the Valtellina in the hands of the See also:

pope, and so destroyed Jenatsch's hopes. Having killed his See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel, Ruinelli, in a See also:

DUEL (Ital. duello, Lat. duellum—old form of bellum-from duo, two)

duel, Jenatsch had once more to leave his native See also:

LAND

land, and took service with the Venetians (1629-1630). In 1631 he went to See also:

Paris, and actively supported See also:

Richelieu's schemes for See also:

DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving the Spaniards out of the Valtellina, which led to the successful See also:

CAMPAIGN

campaign of See also:

Rohan (1635), one of whose firmest supporters was Jenatsch. But he soon saw that the French were as unwilling as the Spaniards to restore the Valtellina to the Grisons (which had seized it in 1512). So he became a Romanist (1635), and negotiated secretly with the Spaniards and Austrians. He was the leader of the .See also:

CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy which See also:

broke out in 1637, and resulted in the See also:

EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of Rohan and the French from the Grisons.

This treachery on Jenatsch's part did not, however, See also:

lead to the freeing of the Valtellina from the Spaniards, and once more he tried to get French support. But on the 24th of See also:

JANUARY

January 1639 he was assassinated at See also:

COIRE (Ger. Chur or Cur, Ital. Coira, Lat. Curia Raetorum, Romonsch Cuera)

Coire by the Plantas; later in the same See also:

YEAR

year the much coveted valley was restored by Spain to the Grisons, which held it till 1797. Jenatsch's career is of See also:

general See also:

HISTORICAL

historical importance by See also:

REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason of the See also:

long conflict between France and Spain for the See also:

possession of the Valtellina, which forms one of the most bloody episodes in the See also:

THIRTY

Thirty Years' See also:

War. (W. A. B. C.) See See also:

BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography by E. Haffter (See also:

DAVOS (Romonsch Tavau, a name variously explained as meaning a sheep pasture or simply " behind ")

Davos, 1894).

End of Article: JENATSCH, GEORG (1596-1639)

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