Aftermath
Within a month of the battle, in December 1315, the Confederates renewed the oath of alliance made in 1291, initiating the phase of growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy.
In March 1316, Emperor Louis the Bavarian confirmed the rights and privileges of the Forest Cantons. However, Leopold prepared another attack against the Confederation. In response, Schwyz attacked some of the Habsburg lands and Unterwalden marched into the Bernese Oberland. Neither side was able to prevail against the other and in 1318, the isolated Forest Cantons negotiated a peace treaty with the Habsburgs, which was extended for several years. By 1323, the Forest Cantons had made alliances with Bern and Schwyz signed an alliance with Glarus for protection from the Habsburgs. Within forty years, cities including Lucerne, Zug and Zürich had also joined the confederation.
The victory of the Confederates left them in their virtual autonomy and gave them a breathing-space of some sixty years before the next Habsburg attack resulted in the Battle of Sempach (1386).
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