Albert III (Gorizia)

Albert III von Gorizia († 1374 ) was a Gorizia count who lived and worked in the period of the High Middle Ages .

Albert III came from the first marriage of the Meinhardinischen Count Albert II. von Gorizia with Elisabeth von Hessen, daughter of Landgrave Heinrich I. In the year 1338 he joined together with his (half) brothers Heinrich V. and Meinhard VI. von Gorizia inherited the inheritance of her cousin Johann Heinrich IV. von Gorizia . In 1329/38 he was governor of Friuli , Gorizia and Istria . Through an agreement with his half-brothers, he became the sole Count Palatine of Carinthia in 1339 . Albert III was first married to a noblewoman named Helena and second marriage (1353) to Katharina von Cilli (1284–1308), daughter of Count Friedrich I.

literature

Baum, Wilhelm: The counts of Gorizia in the European politics of the Middle Ages. Klagenfurt 2000.
Štih, Peter: Studies on the history of the counts of Gorizia. The Ministerials and Milites of the Counts of Gorizia in Istria and Carniola. Vienna, Munich 1996 (= MIÖG. Supplementary Volume 32)

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann Heinrich IV.	Count of Görz , together with Heinrich V (until 1361) and Meinhard VI. (until 1385) 1338-1374	Meinhard VI.

personal data
SURNAME	Albert III
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Albert III from Gorizia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count of Gorizia, Count Palatine of Carinthia
DATE OF BIRTH	13th century or 14th century
DATE OF DEATH	1374