Burg Hohenbregenz, Gebhardsberg in Bregenz 2

The county of

Bregenz Bregenz (; gsw, label= Vorarlbergian, Breagaz ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switze ...

is recorded as part of the

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between 1043 and 1160. It was in possession of the Udalriching family, who took the titles of counts of Bregenz. Pfalzgrafenwappen

After 1160, Bregenz fell to the counts of Montfort-Bregenz (1160 to 1338), a cadet branch of the

counts of Montfort The counts of Montfort were a German noble dynasty from Swabia. They belonged to high nobility of the Holy Roman Empire and enjoyed the privileged status of imperial immediacy. The influential and wealthy counts of Montfort took their name from a ...

, Montfort-Tettnang-Bregenz (1354 to 1451). After 1451 the title of count of Bregenz was held by the

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and Bregenz was incorporated into the

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. The nominal title of count of Bregenz was kept as part of the

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until 1918.

Counts of Bregenz

Counts of Bregenz (Udalriching): * Ulrich VI, d. 950/957, count in Bregenz, count in

Raetia Raetia ( ; ; also spelled Rhaetia) was a province of the Roman Empire, named after the Rhaetian people. It bordered on the west with the country of the Helvetii, on the east with Noricum, on the north with Vindelicia, on the south-west ...

* Ulrich IX, d. before 1079, count of Bregenz, count in

Argengau Argengau was a territory of Alemannia within East Francia in the 8th and 9th centuries, being a county in the 9th century,Smith, Julia M.H. "Einhard: The Sinner and the Saints" ''Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'', Vol. 13 (2003) 55-77 ...

and Nibelgau * Ulrich X, d. 1097, count of Bregenz *

Rudolf I Rudolf I (1 May 1218 – 15 July 1291) was the first King of Germany from the House of Habsburg. The first of the count-kings of Germany, he reigned from 1273 until his death. Rudolf's election marked the end of the Great Interregnum which h ...

, d. 1160, count of Bregenz, count in Lower Raetia, count of Chur Afterwards the head of the

carried the title.

References

{{reflist *Joseph Zösmair: ''Geschichte Rudolfs des letzten der alten Grafen von Bregenz (1097-1160)'', in: ''Schriften des Vereins für Geschichte des Bodensees und seiner Umgebung'' 44 (1915), 25–39
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History of Vorarlberg Duchy of Swabia Bregenz Udalriching dynasty

Counts of Bregenz

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