County of Tyrol (under Meinhardiner dynasty)

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The County of Tyrol under the Meinhardiner dynasty was a powerful medieval Alpine principality centered in what is now western Austria and northern Italy, known for its strategic control of key mountain passes and trade routes.

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County of Tyrol (under Meinhardiner dynasty) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpine principality
county of the Holy Roman Empire
medieval principality
borderedBy Duchy of Bavaria
Duchy of Carinthia
Lombard territories of northern Italy
Prince-Bishopric of Brixen
Prince-Bishopric of Trento
capital Innsbruck
Meran
linked to: Merano
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
economicBase silver mining in Schwaz region (late period)
toll revenues from Alpine passes
trade along north–south routes
endCause transfer to the House of Habsburg
endDate 1363
governmentType feudal county
historicalRegion Tyrol
importantCity Bozen (Bolzano)
linked to: Bolzano

Hall in Tirol
Innsbruck
Meran
linked to: Merano
language Ladin
Middle High German
Romance vernaculars of northern Italy
locatedIn Eastern Alps
present-day northern Italy
present-day western Austria
notableRuler Henry of Carinthia
Margaret of Tyrol
Meinhard II of Gorizia-Tyrol
politicalStatus immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire
imperial county with significant autonomy
predecessor Counts of Tyrol (local comital dynasty)
linked to: Count of Tyrol

County of Gorizia
religion Roman Catholicism
ruledByDynasty Meinhardiner dynasty
linked to: Meinhardiner
rulingHouse House of Gorizia-Tyrol
linked to: House of Gorizia
significantEvent unification of Tyrol and Gorizia-Tyrol possessions under Meinhard II around 1253–1258
sovereign Albert II, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol
Henry of Carinthia (Henry of Gorizia-Tyrol)
Margaret of Tyrol (Margarete Maultasch)
Meinhard II, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol
startDate 1253
strategicImportance control of Brenner Pass
control of Reschen Pass
control of key Alpine trade routes between Germany and Italy
successor County of Tyrol (under Habsburgs)
linked to: County of Tyrol
todayPartOf Italian Republic
Republic of Austria
linked to: Austria
todayRegionIncludes Austrian state of Tyrol
linked to: Tyrol

Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol
linked to: South Tyrol

parts of Italian autonomous province of Trentino

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County of Gorizia coRuledWith County of Tyrol (under Meinhardiner dynasty)