Editing Orbe (section)

===Early modern and modern Orbe===
In 1352, Orbe became a town with a [[town charter]] modeled on [[Moudon]]'s.  After the death of Girard de Montfaucon and of his wife, Orbe was inherited by Count Montbeliard in 1379.  In 1410, it passed to Louis de Chalon, the [[Prince of Orange]].  The Chalon family held the town until it was captured by the [[Old Swiss Confederacy|Swiss Confederation]] in 1475 during the [[Burgundian Wars]].  However, the Swiss were unable to hold it and Hugh de Chalon recaptured it in the same year.  In the following year, [[Charles the Bold]] met with Swiss messengers at Orbe.  Due to the Swiss victory in the Burgundian Wars, the confederation acquired much of the old Burgundian land near the Jura Mountains in 1484.  The de Chalon lands, including Orbe and nearby [[Echallens]], became a [[Condominium (international law)|joint condominium]] or ''[[gemeine Herrschaft]]'' which was administered by [[Bern]] and [[Fribourg]].  It remained a subject territory until the [[French invasion of Switzerland#Collapse|1798 French invasion]] and the creation of the French-backed [[Helvetic Republic]].  Under the Helvetic Republic, Orbe became the capital of the [[Orbe District|District of Orbe]].  The Helvetic Republic, which espoused the ideals of the [[French Revolution]], was very popular with the urban residents of Orbe.  The reforms of the Helvetic Republic were too much for many Swiss to accept, and the republic was overthrown by the [[Stecklikrieg]] revolution.  As the Helvetic government retreated in September 1802 from Bern to Lausanne, government troops briefly occupied Orbe.  Under the [[Act of Mediation]], Orbe remained the capital of its own district.<ref name=HDS/>