Gorizia, County of
Years: 1127 - 1747
The County of Gorizia, from 1365 Princely County of Gorizia, is a State of the Holy Roman Empire.
Originally mediate Vogts of the Patriarchs of Aquileia, the Counts of Gorizia (Meinhardiner) rule over several fiefs in the area of Lienz and in the Friuli region of northeastern Italy with their residence at Gorizia (Görz).
They rule from 1127.In 1253. the Counts of Gorizia inherit the County of Tyrol, from 1271 onwards ruled by the Gorizia-Tyrol branch which becomes extinct in the male line in 1335.
The younger line rules the comital lands of Gorizia and Lienz until its extinction in 1500, whereafter the estates are finally acquired by the Austrian House of Habsburg.
