Schloss Bruck near Lienz in Italy

The counts of Görz

Görz was first mentioned in a document in 1001 when Emperor Otto III divided the territory between the patriarch of Aquileia and the count of Friuli. The latter immediately assumed the title of Duke of Görz after the name of the castle. Görz came in possession of the Eppenstein family from Carinthia in 1031 and in 1090 passed to the counts of Lurn, who in 1202 also secured the territory of Aquileia. The Counts of Görz soon became a highly influential family. In 1253 Meinhard III of Görz inherited Tyrol as he was married to Agnes of Tyrol. Upon Meinhard's death in 1258, his countries where divided between his two sons. Albert II of Görz received Gorizia, The Puster valley (today eastern South Tyrol) and Lienz (today East Tyrol), while Meinhard II of Tyrol (IV of Görz) received the other Tyrolean areas. The main residence of the Görz line since 1271 was castle Bruck in Lienz. .... more

Görz on Europien map


Görz Coat of Arms
  • A1 = Markwart von Görz;
    • B1 = Heinrich I, d:1102;
      • C1 = Graf Meinhard I von Görz;
    • E1 = Graf Engelbert III von Görz, m. Mathilde von Andechs;  ==>  House of Wittelsbach
      • F1 = Graf Meinhard III von Görz, lvd:1253/1258, m. Adelheid von Tirol;
        • G1 = Graf Meinhard IV von Tirol, Herzog von Kärnten, lvd:1238/1295, m. Elisabeth von Bayern;  ==>  House of Wittelsbach
          • H1 -- Elizabeth, lvd:1263/1313, m. Duke Albrecht I of Austria;  <==  Habsburg
          • H2 ~ Albrecht von Kärnten, d:1292, m. Agnes von Hohenberg;
            • I1 ~ Margarete von Görz, m. Frederick IV von Nurnberg;  <==  Hohenzollern
          • H3 -- Otto II, Herzog von Kärnten, d:1310, m. Euphemia von Schlesien-Liegnitz;  ==>  Piast
            • I1 -- Elizabeth of Carinthia, m. King Pietro II of Sicily;  <==  Kings of Aragon
        • G2 -- Graf Albrecht I von Görz, lvd:1304, m. Euphemia von Ortenburg;
          • H1 -- Graf Albrecht III von Görz-Tirol, lvd:1325/1327, m. Offmei Utehilde von Mätsch;
            • I1 -- Graf Meinhard IV von Görz, lvd:1334, m. Katharina von Pfannberg;

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