 He allegedly fell on his knees to implore Henry's aid against the cities of the Lombard League, however, the duke refused.Two years later, the forces of the Chur bishops advanced across the Alpine crest into the Val Bregaglia and by 1194, Chiavenna was incorporated into the Upper Raetian territories of the Duchy of Swabia.With the adjacent Valtellina (Veltlin) valley in the southeast, the town was acquired by the Visconti lords of Milan in 1335 from the Chur bishops.