Albert II (died in 1327),
[Wilhelm Baum, I conti di Gorizia (Gorizia: LEG, 2000), 123] a member of the
House of Gorizia
The Counts of Gorizia (german: Grafen von Görz; it, Conti di Gorizia; sl, Goriški grofje), also known as the Meinhardiner, were a comital, princely and ducal dynasty in the Holy Roman Empire. Named after Gorizia Castle in Gorizia (now in I ...
(''Meinhardiner'' dynasty), ruled as governor of the
County of Gorizia
The County of Gorizia ( it, Contea di Gorizia, german: Grafschaft Görz, sl, Goriška grofija, fur, Contee di Gurize), from 1365 Princely County of Gorizia, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire. Originally mediate ''Vogts'' of the Patriarchs of ...
from 1323, on behalf of his nephew Count
John Henry IV. He inherited from his father only the lands in the
Puster Valley
The Puster Valley ( it, Val Pusteria ; german: Pustertal, ) is one of the largest longitudinal valleys in the Alps that runs in an east-west direction between Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria, and Mühlbach near Brixen in South Tyrol, Italy. The S ...
.
Life
Albert II was a younger son of Count
Albert I of Gorizia
Albert I ( – 1 April 1304), a member of the House of Gorizia (''Meinhardiner'' dynasty), ruled the counties of Gorizia (''Görz'') and Tyrol from 1258, jointly with his elder brother Meinhard IV. In 1271, the brothers divided their heritage ...
and his wife Euphemia, a daughter of the
Silesian duke
Konrad I of Głogów. He thereby was the younger brother of
Henry III, ruling Count of Gorizia upon their father's death in 1304. He inherited only the lands in the
Puster Valley
The Puster Valley ( it, Val Pusteria ; german: Pustertal, ) is one of the largest longitudinal valleys in the Alps that runs in an east-west direction between Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria, and Mühlbach near Brixen in South Tyrol, Italy. The S ...
. When his brother died in 1323, Albert acted as regent for Henry's minor son
John Henry IV.
Albert married Elizabeth, a daughter of Landgrave
Henry I of Hesse
Henry I of Hesse "the Child" (German: ''Heinrich das Kind'') (24 June 1244 – 21 December 1308) was the first Landgrave of Hesse. He was the son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Sophie of Thuringia.
Life
In 1247, as Heinrich Raspe, Lan ...
and, secondly, Euphemia of Mätsch, daughter of bailiff Ulrich II. He was the father of:
* Elizabeth, married Count Herman of Heunburg (d. 1322) and secondly Count William of Schaunberg-Trüchsen
* Catherine, married Ulrich of
Waldsee, who was
Landeshauptmann of
Styria
* Clara, married Herdeggen of Pettau, field marshal of Styria
* Catharina zu Neuhaus, married Ulrich of Taufers at Utenheim
*
Albert III (d. 1374)
*
Henry IV (d. 1361)
*
Meinhard VI (d. 1385)
* Margaret
Albert's three sons succeeded as Counts of Gorizia upon the early death of their cousin John Henry IV in 1338.
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External links
Medieval genealogy
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Counts of Gorizia
1261 births
1325 deaths
13th-century German nobility
14th-century German nobility