Margaret, Countess of Tyrol
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Margaret, nicknamed Maultasch, was the last Countess of Tyrol from the House of Gorizia, and an unsuccessful claimant to the Duchy of Carinthia. Upon her death, Tyrol became united with the Austrian h
Portrait of Margaret, Countess of Tyrol, displaying the arms of Tyrol (left), Wittelsbach (right), and Carinthia (centre), c. 1500-1550.
Tirol Castle
Seal of Margaret, Countess of Tyrol
County of Tyrol
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The 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
Margaret, Countess of Tyrol
…Margaret, nicknamed Maultasch (1318 – 3 October 1369), was the last Countess of Tyrol from the House of Gorizia (Meinhardiner), and an unsuccessful claimant to the Duchy of Carinthia. Upon her death, Tyrol became united with the Austrian…
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.
Archduke Sigismund Francis, last of the Tyrolean line of the Habsburg dynasty