Meinhard VI of Gorizia (died after 6 May 1385) a member of the

Meinhardiner 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 ...

dynasty, an

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and a count of

Gorizia Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label= Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Gori ...

Life

His parents were Count Albert II of Gorizia and Euphemia of Mätsch. From 1338 to 1365, he ruled Gorizia jointly with his brothers Albert III and

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, after inheriting the county from their uncle John Henry IV. From 1362 when Henry V of Gorizia died, he ruled alongside Albert III. From 1365, Meinhard VI ruled Gorizia alone. He failed in a claim over the

County of Tyrol The (Princely) County of Tyrol was an estate of the Holy Roman Empire established about 1140. After 1253, it was ruled by the House of Gorizia and from 1363 by the House of Habsburg. In 1804, the County of Tyrol, unified with the secularised ...

when his second cousin Margaret was forced to cede Tyrol to

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, in 1363. This ended the "dominium Tyrolis" which had existed since 1254. He managed to reduce the power of the

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, however, the

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became the beneficiary of the Patriarchate, which led to sharp contrasts between the parties involved. Meinhard retreated from Gorizia Castle to Burg Bruck (Schloss Bruck) in

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. Meinhard's reign marked the beginning of the decline of the County of Gorizia. The princes of Gorizia had to mortgage and sell more and more of their possessions to salvage their worsening financial position. Meinhard was involved in power struggles with his ecclesiastical neighbours, and in disputes with the Habsburg dynasty about the succession in the Duchy of Carinthia and the

Marriages and issue

Meinhard's first marriage was with Catherine, the daughter of Count Ulrich V of Pfannberg. After her death, he married Utehild, the daughter of

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Ulrich IV of Mätsch. He had the following children: * Anna of Zwarscheneck (d. 1402), married to Count Johann Frankopan of Veglia,

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(d. 1393) * Catherine of Gorizia (d. 1391), married to Duke John II of Bavaria-Munich (d. 1397) * Ursula of Schoeneck, Neuhaus and Uttenstein, married to Count Henry III of Schauberg (d. 1390) * Elisabeth, betrothed to William, Count of Celje, died before marriage * Henry VI of Gorizia (1376–1454) * John Meinhard VII, Count Palatine of Carinthia, Count of Kirchberg (d. 1430), married: *# Magdalena, a daughter of the Duke Frederick "the Wise" of Bavaria *# Agnes of Pettau-Wurmberg

External links

Enrtry for Meinhard VI at genealogie-mittelalter.de
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