Like the Swiss, these Three Leagues had achieved a far-reaching autonomy, but also were involved in constant struggles with the Habsburgs, who ruled the neighbouring territories to the east and who kept trying to bring the Grisons under their influence.
Kao i Švicarska, te tri lige su ostvarile dalekosežnu autonomiju, ali su bili uključene u stalnu borbu s Habsburgovcima, koji u vladali susjednim teritorijima na istoku i koji su pokušavali dovesti Graubünden pod svoj utjecaj.