place
Grandson
also: Granson
Town on Lake Neuchâtel where the Swiss Confederates routed Charles the Bold in February 1476, the first of the defeats that destroyed him.
Reading notes
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §367 Grandson
Town on Lake Neuchâtel where the Swiss routed Charles in February 1476---the first of the three defeats that destroyed him.