Inner Austria
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Inner Austria was a term used from the late 14th to the early 17th century for the Habsburg hereditary lands south of the Semmering Pass, referring to the Imperial duchies of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola and the lands of the Austrian Littoral. The residence of the Inner Austrian archdukes and stadtholders was at the Burg castle complex in Graz.
Graz Castle, courtyard
Image: Leopold III of Austria
Image: Wilhelm Austria
Image: Leopold IV
County of Tyrol
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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 prince-bishoprics of Trent and Brixen, became a crown land of the Austrian Empire. From 1867, it was a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary.
Tyrol Castle was the seat of the Counts of Tyrol and gave the region its name.
Andreas Hofer led the Tyrolean Rebellion against the invading French forces.
Margaret, Countess of Tyrol, heiress of the Meinhardin dynasty
Archduke Sigismund Francis, last of the Tyrolean line of the Habsburg dynasty