Johann II (Habsburg-Laufenburg)
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Johann II von Habsburg-Laufenburg was the Count of Habsburg-Laufenburg and later Count of the House of Rapperswil.
Rapperswil and its Schloss on the Lindenhof hill, Einsiedlerhaus and Endingerturm to the left.
Münsterhof in Zürich showing the so-called "Mordnacht von Zürich" on 23/24 February 1350, 17th-century glass painting
Pillage of Rapperswil by Brun's troops at S. Matthis (probably 24 February 1350) on a woodcut in the chronicle of Johannes Stumpf of 1547/48
House of Rapperswil
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The House of Rapperswil respectively Counts of Rapperswil ruled the upper Zürichsee and Seedamm region around Rapperswil and parts of, as of today, Swiss cantons of St. Gallen, Glarus, Zürich and Graubünden when their influence was most extensive around the 1200s until the 1290s. They acted also as Vogt of the most influential Einsiedeln Abbey in the 12th and 13th century, and at least three abbots of Einsiedeln were members of Rapperswil family.
House of Rapperswil
Rapperswil Castle and the neighbouring parish church
Grynau Tower
Uster Castle